Below is what I sent to the Carden Nature Board site yesterday with some of the birds we found on Saturday Nov. 28/15.
It may be of interest to a few of you if you are going to do a Winter List or just wanted to bird the Carden / Kirkfield area. Probably the reason that we saw 4 eagles there and 2 more on Ravenshoe Rd is because the lakes, etc. are still completely open. =========================================================================================================== November 28, 2015 - Norm Murr, Ian Cannell and Jay Peterson - 2 adult Bald Eagles over Dalrymple Rd at Whipoorwill Lane, minutes later another adult Bald Eagle perched just east of Dalrymple Rd on Alvar Rd. - 1 juvenile Bald Eagle over Prospect Rd just north of the hydro towers. - 1 N. Shrike along Prospect Rd south of Palestine Rd. - 1 N. Shrike along Rockview Rd south of the dump road. - several Rough-legged Hawks and a couple of N. Harriers and Common Ravens on various roads. - 2 Cackling Geese, 44 Hooded Mergansers, 3 Bonaparte's Gulls and a Grn-winged Teal on the east side of the causeway on Mitchell Lake. - 7 Trumpeter Swans on Canal Lake - 1 very nice and only feet away male Pileated Woodpecker on Avery Point - 35 Greater Scaup on the lake beside Avery Point. - 50 Cedar Waxwings along Alvar Rd east of Wylie Rd PS - I don't recommend that anyone drive Alvar Rd ( we did :>(( ) as it is filled with flooded (some very large) potholes and I mean a lot of potholes and the marsh area east of Wylie Rd has a long flooded area with the stream flowing over and along the road. We were also told that Wylie Rd is not so good and I feel that it is probably flooded at the Sedge Wren Marsh and of course it would have a lot more muddy areas than Alvar Rd and a lot of pot holes as well. We birded the areas of Victoria County north and south of Kirkfield which is is on County Road 48 east of Highway 12 and well north of Whitby and about 130 km from Toronto if you follow the roads and not a Crow. Norm Murr Richmond Hill Ontario, Canada You can't see birds if you don't go out but sit and wait for others to find them. _______________________________________________ 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
