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Merry Christmas & Happy New Year 2019. Thank you for your email. I will be out of the office from 12/20/2018 to 01/06/2019, and will not have access to email. I will do my best to respond promptly to your email when I return on 01/07/2019.

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year 2019. Thank you for your email. I will be out of the office from 12/20/2018 to 01/06/2019, and will not have access to email. I will do my best to respond promptly to your email when I return on 01/07/2019.

Over the last two days, I have seen a number of warblers in Glen Stewart Ravine in Toronto. Included are Black Throated Blue, Black and White, Magnolia, Chestnut Sided, Black Throated Green and and Male Redstart. A particular treat was seeing a Scarlet Tanager, my reward for venturing out in the pouring rain. No sign of the Red Headed Woodpeckers that have been seen in past years. Glen Stewart Ravine is located east of the Intersection of Main Street and Kingston Road, in the east end of Toronto, at Glen Manor Drive. It runs from Kingston Road south to Glen Manor Drive, and can be accessed from Kingston Road, Beech Avenue, Balsam Avenue or Glen Manor Drive. Laura Murray laura.murray@osc.on.ca "Laura Murray"

We saw a Great Egret in the area of Grenadier Pond in Toronto's High Park. It flew up and down the length of the pond. It landed once on the west side of the pond and was assaulted by blackbirds. Other species included: Common Loon (fly over), Double-crested Cormorant, Black-crowned Night-heron, Great Egret, Mute Swan, Canada Goose, Wood Duck, Mallard, Domestic Duck, Gadwall, Ring-billed Gull, Caspian Tern, Rock Pigeon, Mourning Dove, Chimney Swift, Northern Flicker, Empidonax sp., Warbling Vireo, Blue Jay, Tree Swallow, Bank Swallow, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Barn Swallow, Black-capped Chickadee, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, American Robin, European Starling, Nashville Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Black-and-white Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Ovenbird, Song Sparrow, Red-winged Blackbird, Common Grackle, Brown-headed Cowbird, Baltimore Oriole High Park is at Bloor Street West and Keele St. (Keele or High Park subway stations)

There is a Barred Owl in the Trinity College Quadrangle at the University of Toronto. It has been there all day and there is a pellet and quite a lot of white wash under it. Trinity College at the University of Toronto is located on Hoskin Ave between Queen's Park and St. George (near the ROM). All the best, Max Perren Upper Canada College

I located the 2 Great Gray Owls this morning between 8:15 and 9:30. One was actively hunting and making it's self very visible from the road while the other one stayed down by the lake. Directions are: Travel to the Highland Creek Treatment Plan at the bottom of Beechgrove Drive in Scarborough (Beechgrove Dr runs off of Lawrence south of Kingston Rd). Go past the treatment plant and over the railroad tracks to a sign for Ken Morrish Softball Complex - turn right on this road. Both owls were on the south side of the road. Good Birding Barb Reid Toronto

Hi everyone, Today at lunchtime, there was a Great Blue Heron on the ice of the wetland behind the Ontario Science Centre. It was stalking across the ice, and blending in very well with the dead cattail stalks and tree trunks. Also seen was a large flock of robins, and several Red-winged blackbirds were heard in the distance. Directions: Access to the wetland is from ET Seton park in the Don Valley system. The park is south of Eglinton, just west of Don Mills Road, and parking lots are accessible from Eglinton or from Thorncliffe Pk . Laura Murray, B.Sc. Ontario Science Centre Toronto

A group from Upper Canada College birded the islands on Wednesday and Thursday. On Amherst Island, we found 3 Snowy Owls(they were all seen at the same time) on the KFN property. Two had some barring and one was pure white. In the centre of AI there were 20+ Rough Legged Hawks and many Northern Harriers. Owl Woods seemed empty, but we did see two Red-Winged Black Birds at the feeders. There were a few flocks of Snow Buntings. Two Common Loons were seen on the ferry crossing. On Wolfe Island we found between 50-60 Wild Turkeys at the west end. There were Rough-Legged and Red-Tailed Hawks and Northern Harriers in smaller numbers than AI. We did find a flock of roughly 30 Horned Larks. There was an immature Bald Eagle over Fort Henry. Amherst Island is 22KM west of Kingston on the Loyalist Parkway and the ferry leaves on the half hour. Wolfe Island is a ferry trip from downtown Kingston. All the best, Max Upper Canada College

Yesterday on a walk through Rouge Park- at the beginning of the The Vista trail- I saw at least 4 E. Bluebirds (3 males, 1 female) Other sightings on the trail included: 2 N. HARRIERS 1 RED TAILED HAWK many ROBINS a FEW KILLDEER 1 B. Kingfisher 1 E. Phoebe But no sign of the pair of Pileated Woodpeckers reported to us as we walked in. Also saw several Mourning Cloak Butterflies soaking up the sun. A beautiful start to spring Access to Rouge Park is via Meadowvale Rd (N of tHE 401) in Scarborough, just before the Toronto Zoo Parking Lot, at the James Pearse House. The Vista trail starts at this point, heading south toward the lake. Laura Murray TORONTO