Hello: My experience was that seeing this shrike is not so easy. It is a small bird a long ways off when it is perched. Much farther than 200 metres when we saw him at twilight yesterday. If you stand at the culverts just south of Green Mountain (not the ones closer to Mud St.) and face East you will see a sparse hedgerow with a farm behind it. The farm looks close to the hedgerow but this is a illusion due to magnification. The farm is actually twice again as far away as the hedgerow is. If you look out at about 45 degrees to the SE, you see a barn with a orange roof. The shrike was perched to the right of that barn. (but much lower and closer)
If those directions are confusing, stand at the culverts, face east and look down to the soft ground. I made a bootmark in the soft soil pointing towards the orange barn. Thanks to Dennis Lewington's friend who found the bird for me by scoping the entire length of the hedgerow. Dennis made a kind introduction, but my ears were getting blasted by the freezing wind and I missed his name. On Sun, Mar 26, 2017 at 1:00 PM, Chris Cheatle via ONTBIRDS < [email protected]> wrote: > I have seen no updates today so just to confirm the bird reported the last > 2 days is still present. 10th and Mud in Vinemount (up the escarpment in > Hamilton) detail directions in previous posts. > > Currently well back in field. > > C Cheatle hamilton > _______________________________________________ > ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - 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 > Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/ > view/information.ontbirdsguide > Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/ > OntarioFieldOrnithologists > > -- Many thanks, Wayne R.W. Bullock, MD,CCFP(EM) Emergency Physician, Hamilton Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor, McMaster University This information is directed in confidence solely to the person named above and may not otherwise be distributed, copied or disclosed. This information should be considered strictly confidential. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately via return email. Thank you for your assistance. _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - 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 Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
