The Carden Alvar, just east of Lake Simcoe, continues to be an
excellent choice for birding in late June and early July. On Saturday
and Sunday, Eleanor Beagan and I saw the following:
Loggerhead Shrike: 3 young and 1 adult in the pasture at McNamee Road
and Wylie Road. Best viewing was looking north from McNamee about 200
m east of Wylie Road.
Orchard Oriole: an adult male on Rockview Road, a first for us in Carden.
Upland Sandpiper: adults are very visible now perched on fence posts,
small trees and shrubs as they watch over young hidden in the grass.
Clay-colored and Vesper Sparrows and a Golden-winged Warbler at the
north end of Wylie Road near the T-junction with Alvar Road.
Sedge Wrens are singing in the wet pasture on west side of Wyle Road
about 1/2 km north of McNamee.
Sandhill Crane along Wylie Road on Windmill Ranch just north of the cabin.
Many grassland and scrubland birds are still very vocal and easy to
find including Brown Thrashers, Bobolinks, Grasshopper, Field and
Savannah Sparrows, Eastern Towhees, and Eastern Meadowlarks.
Directions: to print a Carden Alvar birding map and detailed
directions to locations such as Wylie Road
http://www.ofo.ca/reportsandarticles/cardenalvar.php
Jean Iron
Toronto ON
www.jeaniron.ca
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