Hi sleeping birdwatchers...It is time to wake up!!
Following a Dickcissels report( by Wayne Renaud ), I went searching for it
and,...by gosh...., found them.
a-) Dickcissels (Spiza americana) 2 Way to go Wayne Renaud!.
Saw the male at 7:20 pm on barbed wire fence on the south side of 2257
Royal Windsor Drive, opposite Macy's Bar & Grill. Just where the fire hydrant
is. The female type flew up briefly to the tallest tree ( a live Ash not
killed by the Emerald Borer Beetle), some 30 m south of Royal Windor Drive on
Avonhead Dr
went back for the car for camera......waited another 45 minutes with
camera in hand but no show!!
As well.....
b) A flycatcher sp. (Tyrannidae sp.) 1 A large billed Tyrannidae with
grey yellow belly wash ( looked like a very large
Phoebe, but did not flick its tail), no whitish marking on the edge of ..,.nor
on the terminal end of,.the tail , no wing markings either,..stood up for a
while ...half way up the Russian Olive tree, then sallied forth for bugs and
disappeared low in tall grass... by tall Russian Olive 25 m west of Fire
Hydrant. Might be 1st year Myiarchus sp most likely GCFLYC.
c) other
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 1
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) 5
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 5
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 3
Thanks Wayne..((.it is my 3rd record for Peel in 48 years!!)
Luc Fazio
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For Directions the address 2257 Royal Windsor Dr. ( opposite Macy's Bar &
Grill ), Mississauga;
Park in Bernardi building supply on north side or LCBO store near METRO food
store at the corner.
carefull crossing roads...cars are faster than you!!
Or follow directions by Wayne below
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---- Original Message ----
From: Wayne Renaud <[email protected]>
To: Ont Birds <[email protected]>
Sent: Thu, Jul 30, 2015 2:09 pm
Subject: [Ontbirds] Dickcisells near Clarkson, sw Mississauga
I found the male sitting on the low fence near sw corner of the strip
mall
located in sw corner of Southdown Road/Royal Windsor/Lake shore
Boulevard
at western end of Clarkson. I parked along the fence and the bird
male few
and move west into the mowed area and I soon flushed a female what I
am
sure were two newly-fledged young. I followed them for about 30
minutes
and was unable to get photographs. I lost them when they scattered in
the
field sw of the antennae array. FYI I saw 3 of the species only about 2
km
south of here on the west side of the Suncor Refinery property when
it
meets the eastern edge of Lakeside Park on 20 July 2012 (and later seen
by
others). Both these areas provide ideal breeding habitat for this
species
and may prove to be nesting here on a regular basis.
Directions: Go
south on Erin Mills Parkway exit and turn south and drive
down Southdown to
Lakeshore Boulevard. Park in sw corner of the strip mall
(big stores include
Metro and Canadian Tire) along the fence which is
adjacent to the hay field
where birds were seen. There is a huge antennae
array in the field. There is
area of downed fencing there ... but this is
private land and you can follow
fence line around along Royal Windsor drive
the scope the area as
well.
Wayne Renaud ([email protected]; cell:
289-828-0043)
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