Hi All, I headed out to Wellington County looking for the NORTHERN HAWK OWL, which was easily seen as described previously (see directions below), it was on the south side of Wellington Cty Rd 8 on the wires about 500m east of the Perth-Wellington county line, where the road becomes Perth Line 91. Also here were a flock of 50 SNOW BUNTINGS with 2 HORNED LARKS mixed in. In the general area, driving some of the county roads, I saw 6 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS (3 Light phase, 1 Intermediate & 2 Dark). I then headed back to Mississauga and found the TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE feeding on crabapples right at the corner of Hickling & Vanderbilt (after about a 30min wait), see directions below. I hope the gentleman whom I met there was able to see this bird. On December 31, I also had 3 COMMON RAVENS in the vicinity of Palgrave C.A., 2 were along Humber Station Road just south of Hwy 9 and 1 was mixed in with a large flock of American Crows along Duffy's Lane just south of Hwy 9 (both of these sideroads run generally north-south, just west of Hwy 50), north of Bolton. Regards & good birding, Frank Pinilla Richmond Hill, ON DIRECTIONS: Townsend's Solitaire - Plumtree Park, Mississauga - by Gary Fowler on Dec. 29 & subsequently Bruce Brydon's follow. Walk about 50 feet into the parkette and look to the east for 3 tall spruce trees, the bird perches on the top of the dead tree in the middle. An even better look at these three trees can be had from Hickling Ct. (One street east of the parkette). >From the Hwy 401 exit at Winston Churchill Boulevard, proceed south to Derry Road (about 2km). Turn right (west) on Derry Road and at the next light turn left (south) onto Danton Promenade. Proceed to the end of this short street at a T-junction with Vanderbilt Road. Directly in front of you is the entrance to Plum Tree Park. Northern Hawk Owl - west of Drayton, Wellington Cty - from Toronto, exit Hwy 401 at Hwy 8 north through Kitchener, follow to Hwy 86 north to Waterloo, then follow Waterloo Rd 85 to Elmira (road becomes Waterloo Rd 21), go through Elmira and north to Wellington Rd 17 turn right and shortly after this turn left/west along Wellington Rd 8 through Drayton and go just past Sideroad 6 (but before Rd 140/9). The Rough-legs were in seen along the sideroads south of this area (around Conestoga C.A.). _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com "Frank Pinilla" <frankpinilla@hotmail.com>