Hi Ontbirders, I am currently at the site mentioned earlier by Elias Takacs where he found the bird. It is in exactly the spot he mentioned (small footbridge over small creek), another birder mentioned that when he arrived at 5:15 it was much closer to the parking lot with 5 or 6 Eastern Kingbirds but kept getting chased. It is feeding and perching on small bushes and trees on the hillside left/east of the bridge. Imagine birding for 20 years and never seeing a Western Kingbird and then seeing TWO in one year!
Good birding, Frank Pinilla Richmond Hill, ON Directions as per Elias: The park is located at the intersection of Sheppard Avenue and Keele Street in North York. It is best accessed from Sheppard Avenue from which you will turn on John Drury Drive and then proceed onto Canuck Avenue and park your car at the end of that street. From there it's on foot and you have to take a paved path that's somewhat circular and apparently also called John Drury Drive (according to Google Maps) but in reality isn't marked...anyway you can't miss it if you come straight from the parking lot. Just make sure you turn left as that's the shorter route to the small bridge and small pond, although if you turn right you'll end up there as well since it's a circular path. Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup
