Took a pleasant walk through the NW corner of the North Tract with Aileen Barclay this morning. Although we covered less than 4 kms we had some good birds. Best of these were male Golden-winged Warbler, three Mourning Warblers, and Olive-sided Flycatcher. The North Tract is also known as the Vivian Forest. It is situated on the west side of Hwy 48 north of Toronto. The forest is bounded by Vivian Road on the south, Davis Drive/Hwy 9 on the north, and McCowan Road on the west. We parked at the first gate into the woods on McCowan, just south or Davis Drive. A trail runs straight east from the gate. Best birds were along the first secondary trail that runs north from this east-west one, less than a km from the gate. This trail runs straight north to Davis Drive and you can loop it back to where you parked. Also present in that square were several Chestnut-sided Warblers, Towhees, Kingbird, RB Nuthatch, Ovenbird, Nashville Warbler, Indigo Bunting, Pine Warbler, White-throated Sparrow, and Great Crested Flycatcher. Ron Fleming, Newmarket York Region is directly north of Toronto and south of Lake Simcoe. _______________________________________________ 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 Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide
