Re: [Ontbirds] Black-throated Sparrow. Courtice

2019-10-04 Thread Frank Pinilla (gmail) via ONTBIRDS
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

Re: [Ontbirds] Black-throated Sparrow. Courtice

2019-10-04 Thread Michael Ferguson via ONTBIRDS
Take Courtice Rd exit off 401, proceed south on Courtice Rd for 100m, turn left on Megawatt Dr for 1km, turn right on Crago Rd for a few 100m, soccer fields on left On Fri, Oct 4, 2019 at 3:29 PM Peter Gilchrist via ONTBIRDS < birdalert@ontbirds.ca> wrote: > I am having difficulty following the

Re: [Ontbirds] Black-throated Sparrow. Courtice

2019-10-04 Thread Peter Gilchrist via ONTBIRDS
I am having difficulty following the directions to this bird. The maps I have do not show Megawatt Road or Cargo Road. If someone has a set of directions which explains how to access those roads, I would much appreciate it. Thanking in advance, Peter Gilchrist Sent from my iPhone > On Oct

Re: [Ontbirds] Black-throated Sparrow. Courtice

2019-10-04 Thread Taylor Brown via ONTBIRDS
Bird was still present when I left 10 mins ago, for those interested. Still many birders there. Good views but moving about the edge surrounding the soccer fields. On Fri, Oct 4, 2019, 1:15 PM Tyler Hoar via ONTBIRDS, wrote: > Tim Logan found a black-throated sparrow on darlington soccer lower

[Ontbirds] Black-throated Sparrow. Courtice

2019-10-04 Thread Tyler Hoar via ONTBIRDS
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