Janice Melendez, John Stirrat and I had a fun day of birding on Apr.12 as we traveled from Whitby to Beamer to Nanticoke and back to the Reesor Rd. ponds. By the end of the day we had totaled 53 avian species. Excellent thermals at the Beamer Raptor Watch did not produce great numbers over the 2 hours we put in there--many Turkey Vultures, a few Sharp-shinned and Cooper's Hawks and several Red-Taileds. We then went down to the Fisherville area where we enjoyed watching *Horned Larks* dusting themselves. Traveling toward Nanticoke we saw 4 *Sandhill Cranes* fly overhead and were entertained by a lone male *Wild Turkey*. The north shore of Lake Erie yielded several spots for waterfowl, but no birds of note to us. Then we headed home, stopping in to look over Markham's 2 Reesor Ponds. Highlights at the North Reesor--2 *Caspian Terns, all 3 Mergansers, Am. Wigeons *Highlights at the South Reesor (Reesor Rd, and Steeles Ave.)--male & female *Blue-winged Teals, Ring-necked Ducks, Pied-billed Grebe, Barn & N. Rough-winged Swallows*.
Doug Lockrey, Whitby,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/
