Yesterday - Sat. Dec.23 ~ 4 pm, as we were leaving the park, Penny spotted a small flock of birds at the top of a Poplar(?) tree almost at the NE corner of Lake Range Road and Saugeen Concession #4 - we all had great looks at 11 Bohemian Waxwings with the scope for ~ 5 mins until they flew off in a NE direction.  Just north of the house an adult Northern Shrike landed at roadside for a superb close view. In the park Emily had spotted 2 Bald Eagles - both adults - as we walked out to the beach at VC. Earlier she also spotted a Ruffed Grouse just outside Inverhuron PP(TG for sharp-eyed spotters - why do I bird alone so often?). 

 After ~ 5 pm NE of Paisley I finally found 2 adult female Snowy Owls (Emi's reward as she missed these last winter, when Penny and I had seen ~10 a week or two earlier). The owls were both along Bruce Concession #8 - first bird on top of a silo at #364 and the second at the top of a tree just west of a small creek at #651 - this bird flew right past us and landed ~100M east/behind us.

  We also saw 2 more N.Shrike cruising these roads and 4/5 flocks of Wild Turkey numbering from 10 to over 30 for ~80 in total as we meandered north from home.

  

                                                                       Cheers!    Maris    

Hi all, Yesterday - Sat. Dec.23 ~ 4 pm, as we were leaving the park, Penny spotted a small flock of birds at the top of a Poplar(?) tree almost at the NE corner of Lake Range Road and Saugeen Concession #4 - we all had great looks at 11 Bohemian Waxwings with the scope for ~ 5 mins until they flew off in a NE direction. Just north of the house an adult Northern Shrike landed at roadside for a superb close view. In the park Emily had spotted 2 Bald Eagles - both adults - as we walked out to the beach at VC. Earlier she also spotted a Ruffed Grouse just outside Inverhuron PP(TG for sharp-eyed spotters - why do I bird alone so often?). After ~ 5 pm NE of Paisley I finally found 2 adult female Snowy Owls (Emi's reward as she missed these last winter, when Penny and I had seen ~10 a week or two earlier). The owls were both along Bruce Concession #8 - first bird on top of a silo at #364 and the second at the top of a tree just west of a small creek at #651 - this bird flew right past us and landed ~100M east/behind us. We also saw 2 more N.Shrike cruising these roads and 4/5 flocks of Wild Turkey numbering from 10 to over 30 for ~80 in total as we meandered north from home. Cheers! Maris Maris Apse 10094 Red Pine Road, Box 22, RR #2 Grand Bend ON N0M 1T0 (519) 238 - 8415 _________________________________________________________________ Say Happy New Year with Messenger for Mobile. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9706117