On Saturday morning we got an early start(8.00am) on a very cold morning with very little open water on our field trip into the Minesing wetlands looking for Snowie owls and Sandhill cranes. While on the tour we found a Bald eagle on a nest with young on Sunnidale Concession 6. The Swowie owl was only 3 meters from where we had see it weeks three ago siting on a tractor tire( there were four in a row) north of Sunnidale 7 and the 15/16 side road. We found the cranes southeast of Sunset lane visible from Sunnidale 17/18 side road. we also found: Blacked capped Chickadee Red -winged Blackbirds Common Grackle Downie Woodpecker American crow Wild Turkeys (10) Gull species European Starlings Turkey Vultures (3) Canada Goose American Goldfinch Common Redpolls Mourning Dove Blue Jays Northern Cardinal American Tree Sparrows Brown Headed Cow Bird House Sparrow Hairy Woodpecker (4) Dark eyed Junco American Robins Horned Larks Northern Shrike Great black backed Gull Bald Eagles 2 adults and a chick Rough legged Hawk Buto species Snowie Owl Rock Pigeons Sandhill Cranes (2) huddled together and very cold kKilldeers (2) Snow Buntings (9) Willow Creek: Common Golden eye (pair) Malllard American Black Ducks Driving directions. From Barrie go west on hwy 90 to close to Angus and turn north on Mckinnon (dead end road) all the way up to the farm house at the end with all the feeders. Return south and then continued on a rectangle around the Minesing wetlands. Next trip is Saturday April 12 when we walk on the Uhtoff trail. MTM Conservation is having a waterfowl viewing day April 19 @ Tiny Marsh. Thanks Linda Crome _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdssetup.php ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdsguide.php
