We did NOT see the Northern Hawk Owl near Dalrymple in Carden this afternoon. A birder we met at the site had been watching from 1:15 p.m. and we stayed from 2:00 until 2:40 to no avail. I returned from 4 until 4:15 p.m. and struck out again. If anyone saw the bird this morning (Thursday, January 20) please email me or post it. I would very much like to know, for North American Birds reporting purposes, how long the Hawk Owl stays at the Carden site.
The many Evening Grosbeaks at Ginny's feeder in Uphill posed nicely and noisily in the sun for 3 photographers. Standing in the driveway didn't seem to bother the birds. We had one Gray Jay where John Schmelefske reported two on Jan 18 on the Digby/Laxton Boundary Road. This bird is likely going to a feeder behind the near-by house but we saw it in the trees on the east side ( the other side) of the road. We had a Belted Kingfisher in the village of Victoria Road on CKL Road 35 just north of the intersection with the Talbot River Road. This bird flew downriver across the Talbot River Road before we could scope it. We saw no Bohemian Waxwings in over 80 kms of driving in the Carden Region. They seem to have moved on. Dan Bone with Janice Melendez, John Stirrat, Doug Lockrey, Jim Monroe and Ginny Moore. Directions: Ginny's house is on the north side of Monck Road just east of the intersection with Victoria Road in the village of Uphill. The Northern Hawk Owl site is west of Dalrymple, and on the north or south side of County Rd 6, 200 to 400 metres east of the junction with County Rd 46. That's after you pass Avery Point Road on County Road 6, if coming from Kirkfield The Gray Jay site is 2.2 kms south west of the Monck Road on the Digby/Laxton Boundary Road at the first house on the right coming from Monck Road. The Digby/Laxton Boundary Road is East of Victoria Road ( aka CKL Road 35) _______________________________________________ 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/
