Jan 21 1000 to 1700 hrs Day started out snowy and cleared up to blue skies, -6C, light wind.
Amherst Island, take the ferry from Millhaven and view the map at the dock exit: 2 Rough-legged Hawks (Dark morph, male and female off the road in to Owl Woods) 4 Harriers (1 adult male, 1 adult female, 2 immatures in the various fields around Owl Woods) 2 Snowy Owls (one was on an Osprey platform at far east end of island) 1 Bald Eagle adult (circling, LaFarge pier on mainland) 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker, male (Owl Woods) 2 Downy Woodpeckers (1m, 1f, Owl Woods) 1 White-breasted Nuthatch (Owl Woods) 1 'Plethora'* of Chickadees :) 0 Owls (* - yes, I made that up) I admit to not having A CLUE how to bird those woods (or the Island) properly, so any tips...? Also, Feeder at south Huff Rd and Hwy 2, east of Colborne (on the way to Amherst): 2 immature Red-tailed Hawks, borealis (in trees above feeder) 1 immature accipiter (by size, tail length, terminal band and outside feathers - probably male Cooper's) 10 Blue Jays 10 Mourning Doves 12 m and f Red-winged Blackbirds, incl several immatures 1 Grackle 15 m and f Brown-headed Cowbirds 2 European Starlings 1 'Plethora' of Chickadees ...plus other unknowns, and many Eastern Red-tails along the way... Observed by - Keith and Bethany Linton Orono, Ontario Remember - "Arrive alive, don't bird and drive!!!" :) _______________________________________________ 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/
