Hello Birders, Today at roughly 6:00 PM, myself and Kyle Holloway had a Louisiana Waterthrush at the start of the Crawford Lake Trail at Crawford Lake Conservation Area in Milton. The bird was hanging around alongside a small river adjacent to the lake, right at the start of the trail. After some pishing, the bird sung a few times and perched in the open for great views. Shortly afterwards, what appeared to be another Louisiana Waterthrush sounded off somewhere nearby. There was a shuffle of activity, and the original bird apparently chased off the second bird, as we did not hear or see it again. The original bird, however, sung a few more times and provided a good study of it's plumage details.
Two photographs are available here - http://www.flickr.com/photos/levfrid/4559411030/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/levfrid/4558779135 Directions: Crawford Lake Conservation Area is located at Conservation Road (formerly Steeles Avenue) and GuelphLine, 5 km. south of Highway 401 and 15 km. north of the Q.E.W. The trails are well marked and start near the Visitor Centre - there is a map. Good Birding! Lev Frid Maple, 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/
