The following were seen between 1:15 and 2:15 today at Taylor Woods.
Canada Goose 2 Wild Turkey 13 (2 Toms, 2 Jakes +) Turkey Vulture 1 Ring-billed Gull 1 Mourning Dove 2 (pair mating) Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 (male) Downy Woodpecker 5 Hairy Woodpecker 2 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1 Eastern Phoebe 1 Blue Jay 1 American Crow 1 Black-capped Chickadee 7 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 American Tree Sparrow 1 Dark-eyed Junco 11 Northern Cardinal 4 Red-winged Blackbird 7 House Finch 2 American Goldfinch 5 Directions to Taylor Woods Taylor Woods is a private property located at 1016 Wilson Ave., Kitchener close to Homer Watson Park. This property is accessed by a private drive between the Colt plant and the Bell depot yard. It overlooks the Grand River. For out-of-town folk, please take 401 to the Homer Watson exit (one exit west of # 8 exit). Follow Homer Watson into Kitchener and take about the 5th light at Manitou and turn right onto Manitou. Turn right onto Wabanaki at the next set of lights. At the top of a small hill, turn right onto Wilson Ave. Proceed about 100 metres along Wilson. Note the white chain link fence on your left (east) that encloses the Bell telephone depot. At the end of the fence, turn left onto the private drive that appears to lead to the Colt plant. Follow the drive on the south side of the depot until you see mailboxes and the drive that leads to the Taylor residence which is the bird feeding station known as Taylor Woods. Veer to right just past the sign. The feeders are around the white Taylor house with the blue steel shake roof. Birders are welcome. Posted by Neil E. Taylor (owner) 519-893-6469. "If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come." - Chinese Proverb "You must have the bird in your heart before you can find it in the bush" - John Burroughs (1908) essay: Art of Seeing Things <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] <http://www.sentex.net/~tntcomm/kwfn/index.html> http://www.sentex.net/~tntcomm/kwfn/index.html ---KWFN Web Page Neil E. Taylor 1016 Wilson Ave. Kitchener ON N2C 1J2 Tel. 519-893-6469 "In the end, we conserve only what we love, we will love only what we understand and we will understand only what we are taught." -- Baba Dioum "I have a room all to myself; it is Nature. It is a place beyond the jurisdiction of human government." - (Author unknown) "Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience." - Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) "The richness I achieve comes from nature, the source of my inspiration." - Claude Monet Life Member - Bird Studies Canada (BSC) Life Member - Ontario Nature (ON) Life Member - Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) Honorary Life Member - (2008) Kitchener-Waterloo Field Naturalists (KWFN) Conservation Award - (2008) Kitchener-Waterloo Field Naturalists (KWFN) _______________________________________________ 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/
