Hello Fellow Birders, I was enjoying 52 Horned Larks feeding on the side of the road when all of a sudden a Northern Shrike swooped down through the centre of the flock scattering every bird away to safety.
In a field over to the west a Northern Harrier was hovering. On the side of Newtonville Sd. Rd. a flock of Juncos & American Tree Sparrows were feeding among the weeds. In my backyard I viewed 24 Juncos, 4 House Finches Downy & Hairry Woodpeckers, 12 Blue Jays, 2 Northern Cardinals, 1 White Breasted Nuthatch, 6 Black Capped Chickadees, 14 Mourning Doves. Direction: Take Newtonville cut off from # 401 and drive towards the lake on the corner of Lakeshore Rd. Take Newcastle cut off and drive till 500 meters before the lake. Markus J. Lise Newcastle, On _______________________________________________ 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
