When looking for this bird timing could be important. I spent almost
one hour between 3 and 4 pm along Paterson Road at the Western
Meadowlark site and heard a single rattle but nothing else. I saw a
single Meadowlark with a grey face and a lot of white in the tail.
It might be an idea to look for this bird early or late in the day.
At least I saw a Loggerhead Shrike sitting on a fence 100 m east of the
road opposite Bluebird Box 10 on Wylie Road north of Kirkfield
Directions from Paul Prior's Western Meadowlark report:
>From downtown Toronto, head north to the end of Hwy 427, turn west on
Hwy 7 to Hwy 50, then head north, through Bolton and on toward the
village of Palgrave. A couple of miles past Albion Hills Conservation
Area, you'll come to Patterson Sideroad, turn west onto this road and
drive for perhaps 300 metres. Park alongside the meadow and hopefully
the bird will be singing loudly again, in the meadow to the south of the
road.? This was opposite the entrance to Brawton Drive.
Directions for Wylie Road from Norm Murr
Wylie Road is north of Kirkfield in Victoria County and Kirkfield itself
is on County Road 48 east of Highway 12 and well north of Whitby and
about 130 km from Toronto.
>From the centre of Kirkfield go north on County Road 6 passing under
the Lift Lock on the Trent Canal and drive about 2 ½ km further north to
where the road curves left or west. On this curve and on your right is
McNamee Rd, turn right here onto McNamee and drive east for about 300
yards and you will be at Wylie Road. Bird box 10 is one the west side of
the road a couple hundred meters past the only cottage on the west side
of the road before an open wetland with a small bridge (the Sedge Wren
Marsh)
--
Mark Cranford
Mississauga, Ont.
mark.cranford at rogers dot com
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