Hi folks, The Brown Thrasher that I first reported back on Dec 6th, 2009, was counted during the recent CBC and has made it into the New Year. It continues to come to a feeder in town (86 Essex Lane in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario ) where it consumes meal-worms, beef suet, seeds, nuts and oatmeal. It has been feeding at this backyard location since the middle of Nov 2009. It primarily feeds first in the morning and just before sunset under a garden Trellis/Bench combo. It takes refuge in the Cedar hedges that surrounds this residence. It may be possible to observe this bird in the hedge at the north-west corner of the Emmanuel United Church parking lot. Sault Ste.Marie is located 3 hours west of Sudbury. Essex Lane is located in the east end of Sault Ste. Marie, west of Boundary Road just off of Chartwell Drive. Ken McIlwrick Sault Ste. Marie, ON _______________________________________________ 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/
