A Purple Gallinule was photographed last Sunday off the Bridle Trail in Hedrie Valley at the Royal Botanical Gardens. The bird was not identified until today. There have been NO reports since Sunday.
A map of its location can be found here http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=2270432#post2270432 Directions: Hendrie Valley can be accessed from RBG parking lots off Plains Road in Burlington opposite RBC headwaters (follow signs to RBG from the Highway 6 North exit off Highway 403. The bird appears to have been off trails in valley upstream on Grindstone Creek on RBG side of creek -- Mark Cranford Mississauga, ON mark dot cranford dot on at gmail dot com _______________________________________________ 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/
