The white adult Snow Goose that has been lingering in the Jackson's Point area for the better part of a month was still present today, keeping company with 100+ Canada Geese beside Mossington Bridge, just east of "The Briars" resort. Yesterday Keith Dunn also had a Red-necked Grebe at this location. At nearby Willow Beach a female Red-bellied Woodpecker visited Lorena Campbell's feeder (Montsell Ave.) yesterday afternoon. Earlier in the week Keith Dunn observed a Barred Owl along Deer Park Road just north of Keswick. In the south end of Keswick this morning Mike Van den Tillaart and I observed a light-morph Rough-legged Hawk (adult male), our first for the "winter". It was hovering over the fields on the north side of Ravenshoe Road, not far from where that road meets the river at the southwest end of Cook's Bay. A drive along the lakeshore between Keswick and Jackson's Point yielded seven species of duck. In the north end of Newmarket a small flock of Eastern Bluebirds is still lingering around Linda Hollingshead's property on Morning Sdrd. Both Keith (in Keswick) and Mike (in Newmarket) had Purple Finch at their feeders this week. Newmarket is halfway between Toronto and Barrie. Jackson's Point is on the south shore of Lake Simcoe, just west of Sibbald Point. Ron Fleming, Newmarket _______________________________________________ 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
