Yet another overcast day - but at least it's looking like a decent weekend. This evening in the fields by the airport, I encountered 6 species of sparrow: the usual SAVANNAH, SONG, and CHIPPING SPARROWS, with twos and threes of GRASSHOPPER, FIELD, and VESPER SPARROWS. The vespers, a lifer for me, were especially vocal as I was leaving, roughly 8:30pm.
Also present was a single singing WOOD THRUSH that kept me running in and out of thickets to catch just a glimpse of this elusive but lyrical bird. COMMON YELLOWTHROATS were, as their name implies, rather common. There were also two BROWN THRASHERS and a persistently singing HOUSE WREN. LEAST, GREAT CRESTED, and ALDER FLYCATCHERS could all be heard from the wooded areas near the airport, as well as EASTERN WOOD-PEWEES. Directions: From Hunt Club Drive, take Riverside to Limebank Road. Follow Limebank and turn left onto Leitrim Road. Turn right onto Bowesville Road and park off the road about a 100 meters on the left. Good birding! Pat _________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ 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
