After about an hour of waiting today we gave up on the Varied Thrush, assuming perhaps that it has moved on. Certainly Elmer and Bev Ewert have been stellar hosts to the birding community and we are grateful to have seen this bird twice in December. Birders are still welcome to park in their driveway and there is an agreeable mix of birds at the feeders and in the trees, including a very cooperative Red-bellied Woodpecker. Other species we saw today included American Tree Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Hairy Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, American Crow, Mourning Dove, White-breasted Nuthatch, Northern Cardinal and Blue Jay. On other occasions we have seen Wild Turkey there.
Directions: Hwy 401 to Hwy 8 north to Hwy 85 north. Exit at Northfield Road and proceed west to Weber Street, go north to Benjamin Road and turn left. After about 5 km you will arrive at Kressler Rd; turn left and then right onto Weimar Line. The house is at 3218 Weimar Line. David Gascoigne Waterloo, ON www.travelswithbirds.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ 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/
