Hi all:
I spent a beautiful, sunny, mild day in the Park checking out the locations that we usually visit on this trip. Due to a major snowfall of about 30 cm in the eastern part of the Highway 60 Corridor starting on Thursday night, there will be some areas that we normally go to that will not have adequate plowed parking and where deep snow (the old stuff plus the new stuff!) will make walking difficult. We will likely go to fewer locations and walk a little farther than usual at the ones we do visit tomorrow. Bring waterproof boots suitable for going through heavy, wet snow. We will avoid the knee-deep places, of which there are many. Good numbers of finches were coming to the Visitor Centre seed today, including Purple Finch (2), Common Redpoll (1), Pine Siskin (50), American Goldfinch (20) and Evening Grosbeak (50). That is where we will start, at 9 am. Finding the boreal specialties may be even more challenging than usual, but we will give it a good try. It will be even warmer tomorrow than today, and one or two people were wearing shorts today! There will be no black flies. Ron _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - 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 Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
