About 3:25 pm, today as we were about to give up, Thursday Oct. 16th, Linda Wells spotted the WW Dove at 4 Mississauga Road in St. Catharines. It was on a roof top near the eaves diagonally opposite the gate described below . I only saw for 2 or 3 minutes before it disappeared behind some branches. We did not hear it cooing. We had not found it between 12pm and 1 pm when we had been there earlier.
We spoke with the lady of the house. She said that the most regular time for the bird is between 4:30pm and 5:30pm.She had seen it a couple of days ago. Sandra Eadie, Toronto >From Rob Dubos' message: "The residence is at 4 Mississauga Road, St. Catharines. The homeowner has graciously offered birders access as far as the backyard gate on the left side of the residence. He has asked that birders not go beyond this gate onto the back porch or into the backyard. Most of the yard is visible with little obstruction from this gate." >From the QEW, take the Niagara Street exit in St. Catharines and go north on Niagara Street. Immediately over the QEW Highway at the first lights, the road forks with Vine Street going to the left, and Niagara Street to the right, with a Sunoco gas station in the middle of this fork. Take a left here onto Vine Street and at 4.1 km you will be at the lights at Lakeshore Road. Continue north through the lights another 2/10ths of a km to the first street on your left, Old Coach Road. Turn left here and go two streets on your right to Mississauga Road, house #4. Rob Dobos Dundas, ON _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdssetup.php ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdsguide.php
