On Thursday, February 27, along the Opeongo Lake Road in the bog past the culvert, from 2:30 - 4:30 PM:
Spruce Grouse: 1 male feeding at length on spruce and fir needles ~15 feet off the ground, near the BIG roadside tamarack Black-backed Woodpecker: 1 female seen on two separate occasions: halfway between the culvert and the big tamarack, then later near the tamarack Boreal Chickadees: one bird heard and seen, and later two birds heard and seen together. Also, 9+ White-winged Crossbills were seen. Good birding, Justin Peter Algonquin Park Naturalist _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/