Oct 3 - hawk watch ... 53 species of birds including:
1 each of Common Raven, American Pipit, American Coot, Pied-billed Grebe, Hermit Thrush and Marsh Wren 5 Ring-necked Ducks and 3 Redheads 5 Great Egrets - no wing tags 150++ Rusty Blackbirds 2 Gray Catbirds 2 Blue-winged Teal + 190 Green-winged Teal 2 Common Loons oh yeah - and the hawks: 3 American Kestrels, 6 Sharp-shinned Hawks + local Red-tailed and Marsh Harrier 22 Monarch Butterflies, one fritillary sp., one Cabbage White and a Mourning Cloak In the hinterland, the sparrows are on the move with the first White-crowned Sparrows showing up yesterday and lots of White-throats in song. A Gray-cheeked Thrush is lingering and yesterday a House Wren displayed for a few minutes. Blackbirds are conspicuously absent of late. The hinterland is centred about 25 kms north of Cranberry Marsh near Lakeridge and Reach Sts. in Scugog Twp. and has a lovely place I call home situated on it. Directions: From Victoria St. in Whitby go south on Halls Rd to the second short walkway going east to the Cranberry Marsh Lookout. Lynde Creek crosses Bayly Street just east of Lynde Shores Conservation Area and can be accessed on foot via the path along the east side of the private road. OFO Hawkwatching Guide (ID tips, migration times, hawk basics) http://www.ofo.ca/webapp/site/page/view/articles 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 including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup
