Re: [Ontbirds] Dickcissel, Simcoe County, Oro-Medonte Line 8 and Old Barrie Rd.

As an addendum to my previous post. The 1st bird was found in the field northwest of Old Barrie and Line 8. Howard Shapiro and I located a possible 2nd bird in the field southeast of the corner. This 2nd bird was seen landing in the middle of the field with another similar size bird... Possible

Re: [Ontbirds] Dickcissel, Simcoe County, Oro-Medonte Line 8 and Old Barrie Rd.

Dickcissel present at 6:15 AM at the same location. It is singing and moving around frequently. Photographers be wary as the bird is quite skittish. Directions as in Garth Riley's post Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 11, 2016, at 7:09 PM, Dan MacNeal wrote: > > The

Re: [Ontbirds] Dickcissel, Simcoe County, Oro-Medonte Line 8 and Old Barrie Rd.

The Bird(s) are still present. As of 6:56 there are two birds singing. One in the same spot as reported earlier south of Old Barrie Rd and a second on the north side Old Barrie on 8th Line. The second north bird is singing very close to the roadside giving great views on the west side of 8th.

[Ontbirds] Dickcissel, Simcoe County, Oro-Medonte Line 8 and Old Barrie Rd.

Bird is still present at 3:30. Directions as per Garth below. Cheers, Mark Begin forwarded message: > From: rile...@yahoo.com > Date: June 11, 2016 at 12:42:05 EDT > To: Ont Birds List > Subject: Dickcissel, Simcoe County, Oro-Medonte Line 8 and Old Barrie Rd. > >

[Ontbirds] Dickcissel, Simcoe County, Oro-Medonte Line 8 and Old Barrie Rd.

--- Begin Message --- Nancy and I just found a singing Dickcissel on a fence row east of Oro-Medonte Line 8 about 100 metres south of Old Barrie Rd. Might be a first record for Simcoe County.Directions: take Hwy 11 north from Barrie. Exit at Oro-medonte Line 7 or 9 drive north (away from Lake