Eight hardy individuals turned up for today's outing where we covered the lake shore west of Toronto. Fortunately the snow storm had abated by the time we arrived, although the deep snow made for strenuous walking. We had a respectable total of 41 species.
*Trip Highlights* Humber Bay Park: - great viewing of a *Short-eared Owl* flying west over the water, a first for some group members - adult *Black-crowned Night-heron* south of the walkway over the Humber River, another first for some - * Rough-legged Hawk, Great Blue Heron and Northern Shoveler* Colonel Sam Park: - Good looks at a perched* Sharp-shinned Hawk* - Numerous *Robins* and a* Northern Mockingbird* Oakville Harbour/16 Mile Creek - *No Ross's Goose* Sedgewick Park - *Pine Warbler*, 2 Y*ellow-rumped* and W*inter wren.* - We dipped on the Orange-crowned and Nashville Bronte Harbour: - *Snowy Owl* - We were surprised to see house sparrows sheltering in abandoned cliff swallow nests on a dockside building. Good Birding 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 including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup
