Hi again everyone, My last post today. Just a quick summary of this morning’s sighting. Around 9:50, Karl Overman heard the bird calling about 200m along the trail. This is 75m past the S curve. It was still calling when three of us got there 4 minutes later. It was giving the single “keeah” call, not the “kiskadee” call. took 6 of us almost a half hour to see it but when we did, it put on quite a show. It flew short distances, perching in the open each time. We were able to get within about 10m of it, as it perched two feet off the ground in some dead as tree branches over top of a swampy area beside the path for 5 minutes longer. It finally dropped down into the swamp area and came up with a frog. It then proceeded to eat the frog to the delight of 7 of us. A couple of birders present were able to get photos of this event in the light mist. It then flew to the east and disappeared into the thickets. The bird was in full view for 25 minutes in total. There is presently nobody there as all of us have left the area. If anyone comes, they should be advised to look past the S curve, on the east (left) side. Good luck! Steve
Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 10, 2018, at 10:03 AM, Steve Charbonneau > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The great kiskadee just called at least 12 times. Started calling at 9:45 but > hasn’t been seen yet. There are 5 of us here looking for it. We are 50m past > the S turn, about 200m from the start of the trail. > Steve > Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ 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
