In Ottawa, this morning I saw a singing male eastern towhee, just southwest of Leitrim Road's intersection with Bowesville Road. The towhee sang from a belt of brush running west from Bowesville (just south of the open field area that is adjacent to Leitrim Road.
Then, about a half hour later, I saw another male eastern towhee some km to the east, also off Leitrim, at the "P19" parking area for Pine Grove Forest Reserve (just west of Leitrim's intersection with Ramsayville Road). Directions: From River Road, take Leitrim Road east to the intersection of Bowesvile Road and turn right onto Bowesville. Park in the first small pulloff on the road's left side. Then walk back across the road and face the open field, which has only scattered shrubs and young trees. The towhee was singing just left of here in the area with thick brush. Continue east on Leitrim. Shortly after the intersection with Hawthorne and before Ramsayville Road, a marked parking lot, with a "P19" sign appears on the left. Park here. The towhee was to the left of the lot, along the beginning of the path (on its left side). -- Howard Youth [email protected] _______________________________________________ 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/
