Good evening and Happy New Year Today Ian Cannell and I did some birding around Orillia and on a beautiful winters day we started off the New Year with a small bang.
Some of the birds we found were the oft reported ( by Bob Bowles ) Hawk Owl on Monck Road a flat hair west of Sideroad 20 ( northeast of Orillia ). This bird was right beside the road and in fact we drove under it as it appeared to ignore us. From Monck Road we headed for the roads just Northwest of Orillia and along these roads ( Bounded by Thorburn / Cambrian Rds, Burnside Rd, Fairgrounds Rd and Hwy 12 ) we came up with 2 dark phase Rough-legged Hawks, Ruffed Grouse, 43 Turkeys, 2 N. Shrikes, Common Raven, 26 Bohemian Waxwings, 100 Snow Buntings, 1 female Pine Grosbeak, 11 Common Redpolls and many A. Crows, Blk-capped Chickadees and A. Goldfinches and some more usual birds to be expected in the area. Norm Murr Richmond Hill, ON "Sils mordent, mords les" _______________________________________________ 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
