Birders, Just a follow-up on this mega-rarity.
A few of us watched the Black-throated Sparrow right up till sunset. It seemed to stay along the fence line behind (east of) the covered picnic area for the time I was there (6:15 to sunset around 7), at around 6:50 or so it flew to the line of Ash trees on the west side of the covered pavilion and then flew to the sandy area of the children’s playground where it fed alone. The bird has been seen along the fenceline up to 150m either side of the main picnic area. For those looking and who haven’t seen one before, Black-throated Sparrow is noticeably smaller than the numerous White-crowned, White-throated and Song Sparrows with which it was associating. It is a very drab, grey-brown backed sparrow with whitish breast and belly but look for the very distinctive facial pattern. It can hide amazingly well as it feeds in the grass so be patient and stay a bit distant from the fence so the birds can come out and feed comfortably. Good luck for those who head out to Courtice tomorrow. Directions: Take Courtice Rd exit off 401, proceed south on Courtice Rd for 100m, turn left on Megawatt Dr for 1km, turn right/south on Crago Rd for 200m, you will see the soccer fields and picnic pavilion on the left. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 4, 2019, at 13:14, Tyler Hoar via ONTBIRDS <birdalert@ontbirds.ca> > wrote: > > Tim Logan found a black-throated sparrow on darlington soccer lower field > this morning The bird is still here. > Directions > Exit courtice rd and head south to megawatt rd. Turn left and follow > megawatt. To crago rd. Turn south. The soccer field on on the east side of > rd. Bird is feeding with other sparrows. .along fence near red roofed > pavillion > > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android > _______________________________________________ > ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the > provincial birding organization. > Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca > 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 > _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca 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
