Sorry, yes it was 46 not 48. John
On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 12:09 AM, John Schmelefske <[email protected]>wrote: > A Tour of the Dalrymple Lake area Monday produced a triple play. > > > > The Hawk owl was present at the corner of Hwy 6 and 48. > > > Evening Grosbeaks were seen at around 11:00 at 1545 Monck Road in Uphill. > This is the home of Ginny Moore and is on the north side of the road just > east of the intersection of Victoria Road and Monck Road in the village of > Uphill. Ginny advises as follows: Feel free to use the driveway. Monck > Road is a busy highway with very fast drivers so be very careful when > pulling off. As always, please be very aware of the neighbours as the folks > in this area can be a bit tetchy about birders. [I would add that you > might want to check before entering the driveway so as not to scare the > Grosbeaks if they are on the ground.] Shortly after arriving we observed a > Sharp-shinned Hawk flying off with a Blue Jay in it's talons. > > > Our third sighting was totally unexpected. While following up on earlier > reports of Bohemian Waxwings on the Digby/Laxton Boundary Road we spotted a > Grey Jay about 2 km south of Monck Road. When we stopped and gave a few > somewhat stylized barred owl calls, two Grey Jay. [we did not see any wax > wings] > > > My companions were Susan Mensies and Alice Buchanan. > > > John Schmelefske > -- > John Schmelefske > # 7360 > RR # 4 > Alliston, > Ontario,Canada, > L9R 1V4 > > Email: [email protected] > Watercolour Gallery: > http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2001214&id=1051632050&l=ea990bf4ce > -- John Schmelefske # 7360 RR # 4 Alliston, Ontario,Canada, L9R 1V4 Email: [email protected] Watercolour Gallery: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2001214&id=1051632050&l=ea990bf4ce _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
