Hi ONTBirders: There was some light predator activity at Fletcher Wildlife Garden this afternoon. A male NORTHERN SHRIKE patrolled the feeder in the Backyard Garden but did not successfully catch anything while I was there thanks to the alarm calls of the chickadees present. On my way out, a fellow birder pointed out a female MERLIN eviscerating a rock pigeon she had caught right in the parking lot. I watched her eat for at least fifteen minutes. She was very accommodating to watch, and was oblivious to cars, dogs, and other humans in the parking lot. She was still eating when I left at 3:20pm, but there wasn't much left of the pigeon by then. Good birding! Pat DIRECTIONS: The Fletcher Wildlife Garden is located on Prince of Wales Drive across from the Museum of Agriculture. _________________________________________________________________ So many new options, so little time. Windows Live Messenger. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/messenger.aspx_______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
