I just returned from there (I arrived around 4:30 p.m., Friday) and couldn't find the Western. There was an Eastern Kingbird and a Song Sparrow perched on a bare branch sticking up from a pile of wood on the south side of the path, a short distance in. I walked east, a little way past the location mentioned. In the twenty or so minutes I was there I also saw two crows, a grackle, a Red-winged Blackbird and a flicker, and thought (but can't be certain) that I heard a snatch of the call of a Black-billed Cuckoo from the other (west) side of the road, but didn't have time to confirm. I did go in, and past, that deep gully, but I'm not sure I saw the right snag...still...I took a good look around.
Barry Barry Kent MacKay Markham, Ontario, Canada > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Geoff - Birds > Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 3:30 PM > To: OntBirds > Subject: [Ontbirds]Western Kingbird - Reesor Rd., Scarborough > > I refound the bird with Anne Anthony at 3:00 p.m. further > east from where John and Jim saw it. It was between the 2nd > and 3rd towers in a deep gully. It was typically sitting atop > a small snag, but only about 5 meters up. The snag was > surrounded by 4-5 meters trees so it was a bit hard to see at first. > > Thx to John Stirrat and Jim Fairchild for finding the bird. > > Directions: Exit the 401 at Meadowvale Road (exit 389) and > proceed north on Meadowvale past the Toronto Zoo. Turn left > (west) on Old Finch Avenue and then right (north) on Reesor > Road. Continue north past the second rail crossing until you > come to the hydro right of way. Just at the north end of the > right of way, there is a small parking area (widening of the > shoulder) on the east side of the road. (If you reach Steeles > Avenue, you have gone too far). Stop at the parking area and > walk around the concrete barriers on the east side of the > road. Proceed into the field under the hydro towers. > > Directions: from the north - from the intersection of Steeles > and Reesor Rd., go south to the hydro lines and walk as > instructed to the east. > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.24.6/1487 - Release > Date: 6/6/2008 8:01 AM > > No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.24.6/1487 - Release Date: 6/6/2008 8:01 AM _______________________________________________ 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
