Have faith "inlanders" for eventually the birds leave the lakeshore and move north.
Highlights yesterday: 38 Tundra Swans 4 Common Mergansers 2 Bohemian Waxwings 2 Killdeer 1 Great Blue Heron Highlights today: 3 White-winged Crossbills 3 Sandhill Cranes Other observations: Cooper's Hawks doing display flight daily Hairy Woodpeckers drumming and Pileated calling but no activity from Downies yet Crows carrying nesting material today and eating Staghorn Sumac seeds (a staple spring food) Ravens - building nests with sticks and bark torn off poplars (I've never before seen them do the latter) Juncos have essentially moved off - only 2-3 left Pine Siskins and Goldfinches - foraging in fallen cedar debris on my shed's rooftop - this material was very wet so was it seeds they sought or insects? All observations from my yard - Lakeridge and Reach St., Scugog Twp. (just outside Uxbridge) Geoff Carpentier www.avocetnatureservices.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/
