Not a great rarity, but nice to look for if you're in the area...a Rough-legged Hawk in the dark phase perched in a medium sized tree on the south side of 14th Avenue a few hundred metres west of Markham Road (HWY 48) before noon, Friday. An American Kestrel was in this area yesterday, and on the 9th Line and Highway 407 two flying Red-tailed Hawks interacting with each other (a will-be breeding pair?) and, on the same day, a Cooper's Hawk took a House Sparrow in back of my house (near the same corner).
Barry Kent MacKay Markham, Ontario, Canada _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
