[Ontbirds] Northern Shrike seen in Saddington Park, Mississauga
Hello all,
While walking along the waterfront trail in Saddington Park, Port Credit we were very excited to have spotted a Northern Shrike with it's most recent catch still wriggling in it's bill (a tiny field mouse!). We had the spotting scope on it for over 5 minutes and were thrilled to add it to our life list!
Directions: Follow Mississauga Rd all the way south and pass Lakeshore. Mississauga Rd ends at Saddingtton Park (about 1 kilometer south of Lakeshore Rd.). From the parking lot walk towards the water and head to the right on the waterfront trail (ie. head west on the trail). The Northern Shrike was spotted at the top of the first hill on the right hand side. It was seen about 100 meters off the fence line in the field.
Happy Birding!
Chris Kinkartz, Lisa Rattray
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Subject: ONTBIRDS Digest, Vol 84, Issue 26
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Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2011 12:00:11 -0500
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- TV over brock st Witby (Craig McL.)
- 92 Wild Turkeys & 1 Shrike (markus lise)
- White-winged Crossbills Carleton Place [] (Iain Wilkes)
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Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 12:44:13 -0600
From: Craig McL. csam@sympatico.ca
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Subject: [Ontbirds] TV over brock st Witby
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Right now their is a Turkey vulture flying over Brock st in Whitby , have bin watching it for 5 mints
welcome spring
Craig McLauchlan
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Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 13:20:54 -0500
From: markus lise lise.markus@gmail.com
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Subject: [Ontbirds] 92 Wild Turkeys & 1 Shrike
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As we were driving along the Darlington Clarke Townline north of Taunton Rd
4 this morning we counted 92 Wild Turkeys foraging in a farmer's corn
field and picking away at the manure a farmer had spread earlier this week.
We sighted 1 Shrike flying across the Lakeshore Rd east of Newcastle/Bond
Head this past Tuesday.
Directions; Drive along Taunton Rd # 4 till you come to Darlington Clarke
Town Line Rd. and turn north and drive about 2 km. on the west side.
Markus Lise
Newcastle, On
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Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2011 15:24:04 +0000
From: Iain Wilkes iain.wilkes@sympatico.ca
To: Ontario Birds birdalert@ontbirds.ca
Subject: [Ontbirds] White-winged Crossbills Carleton Place []
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While trying to catch sight of a raptor cruising back and forth across our backyard this morning we noticed 4 White-winged Crossbills. 1 Female and 3 juveniles. This is the 3rd time in nearly fifteen years they have stopped at our spruce trees. They are gone now.
We live on Herriott St near Bridge St in CP and they may well be in some of the local conifers.
iain and susan having a morning coffee
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