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Rusty Blackbird in Walsingham

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Mon, Dec 15, 2003 3:56 PM

905 6th Concession Road, RR 1 Walsingham
Walsingham is on Highway 59 just north of the intersection with Highway 24. We are west of
the Village on the 6th Concession

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Yesterday's snow fall brought a large flock of blackbirds to my feeders. Included was 1 rusty blackbird, 10+ redwings, 10+ grackles & 100+ cowbirds The flock has returned today but I have been unable to pick out the rusty yet as they are very jumpy, continually rising into the trees. A sharp-shinned hawk grabbed a bird from under the feeder early this morning so they are very wary. Hopefully this flock will continue its migration as I really don't want to be feeding cowbirds all winter. There was also a juvenile northern shrike in the yard yesterday. I see this bird frequently but have never seen him catch anything although he does give chase. dianesalter@execulink.com 905 6th Concession Road, RR 1 Walsingham Walsingham is on Highway 59 just north of the intersection with Highway 24. We are west of the Village on the 6th Concession dianesalter@execulink.com Visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm for information on leaving and joining the list. As well as general information and content guidelines.

Marcie Jacklin

Mon, Dec 15, 2003 4:56 PM

Just a very quick report about the St. Catharines CBC - I don't have all
the reports yet so I can't comment on high or low numbers.

A new bird for the count - YELLOW WARBLER!!!! Yep. A Yellow Warbler found
by Rob Dobos and his team. Way to go guys!!

And a bit of strange news. We had 3 species of owls - Screech, Snowy and
Short-eared but no Great Horned???? Might have been the weather conditions
because we had heavy snow early in the morning.

So far I have 74 species for the count, which is about average for the
St. Catharines count, but remarkable considering the weather
and road conditions. A more detailed report will follow later in the week.

All the best
Marcie

Marcie Jacklin
Fonthill, Ontario
mjacklin@brocku.ca

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Hi Just a very quick report about the St. Catharines CBC - I don't have all the reports yet so I can't comment on high or low numbers. A new bird for the count - YELLOW WARBLER!!!! Yep. A Yellow Warbler found by Rob Dobos and his team. Way to go guys!! And a bit of strange news. We had 3 species of owls - Screech, Snowy and Short-eared but no Great Horned???? Might have been the weather conditions because we had heavy snow early in the morning. So far I have 74 species for the count, which is about average for the St. Catharines count, but remarkable considering the weather and road conditions. A more detailed report will follow later in the week. All the best Marcie ********************************************************** Marcie Jacklin Fonthill, Ontario mjacklin@brocku.ca sign the online petition to SAVE MARCY'S WOODS at http://www.petitiononline.com/MarcyWds/petition.html ********************************************************** Marcie Jacklin <mjacklin@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA> Visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm for information on leaving and joining the list. As well as general information and content guidelines.