People have been wondering where the birds are and there is no good answer. The sod fields along Lafleche Rd east of Casselman have failed to yield birds on multiple passes since the large movement 10 days ago. About 1,000+ were in harvested cornfields northeast of Hwy 417 and Hwy 138. Another 2,000 were west of Moose Creek in a flyover after hunters spooked a flock probably a km northwest of town. Recent snowcover has not helped and more snow next week may add to the existing depth. There may be other flocks in cornfields east and west of the area but it will mean checking a number of concessions.
On the plus side and unrelated there were numerous Snow Buntings northeast of Hwy 417 and Hwy 138 between the St. Rose area and St. Isidore. Cty rds 21, 20 and 19 were best but other flocks were present as well. We had about 1900 birds. There were also a few flocks of Horned Larks (75) and a solitary Lapland Longspur. A confused Killdeer was looking for ground that wasn't white. The snowcover forced ground feeders to roadsides which worked well for us. Brian Morin _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca 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
