Sunday morning I birded a large wet grassland on the north edge of Brampton. This area is on the north side of Bovaird Drive, between Trinity Common Mall and Heart Lake Road (the northern extension of Highway 410). Access is from either the extreme northwest corner of the mall parking lot (north of the Home Depot store, west of the Silver City theatre) or from a small parking area on the east side of Heart Lake Road, directly opposite Pouw Brothers Garden Centre at 10234 Heart Lake Road. There is a small marsh in the southwest corner of the area; here I saw one RUDDY DUCK, as well as two or perhaps three AMERICAN COOTS. Other sightings included: Alder Flycatcher Solitary Sandpiper (a very solitary one indeed, at mud ponds near the northeast corner of the mall area) Bank Swallows (numerous) Barn Swallows gathering nesting material (apparently, from the direction and short duration of flight, building a nest somewhere in the homes just north of the mall) Northern Mockingbird - a pair, displaying very aggressive territorial behaviour toward Redwinged Blackbirds and Grackles
No Henslow's Sparrows or Sedge or Marsh Wrens, but I'll keep looking... ;-) John Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Central Park Drive, Brampton John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm for information on leaving and joining the list. As well as general information and content guidelines.
