While dog-walking in Markham, I saw a Northern Mockingbird, today (around 2:30 p.m.) as well.
It was in the top of a tall tree about 100 metres west of Wooten Way South, along Major Buttons Drive. Wooten Way is roughly a kilometer west of 9th Line, along Highway 7 (therefore a couple of kilometers east of Highway 48 and Highway 7) and Major Buttons runs west, just a short distance south of Highway 7. The tree was across the road from the far west end of the schoolground. I have seen more mockingbirds in Markham in the last year or so than in the previous many (no need to say how many) decades I have lived or visited here (it's my home town), including breeding birds last summer at Highway 48 and 14th Avenue, plus an individual in my front yard a few weeks ago, and another a few blocks or so away around the same time. Barry Kent MacKay 31 Colonel Butler Drive, Markham, ON L3P 6B6 > -----Original Message----- > From: ontbirds-boun...@hwcn.org > [mailto:ontbirds-boun...@hwcn.org] On Behalf Of Eileen B Beagan > Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2009 12:27 PM > To: ontbirds@hwcn.org > Subject: [Ontbirds] Northern Mockingbird > > Hi All > > At 12 noon today I had my first look for the season of a > Northern Mockingbird outside my house. The Blue Jays announce > their arrival so when I tossed them a peanut the Mockingbird > was there as well. > > Location: Between 160 and 150 The Donway W, south of Lawrence > just west of Don Mills Road. In a small nest of trees and > brush, access at Paperbirch Dr and Overland. > > Good Birding! > > > Eileen B. Beagan > 160 The Donway West, Suite 203 > Toronto ON M3C 2G1 > ebbeagan.pilea...@sympatico.ca > OFO Treasurer www.ofo.ca > > _______________________________________________ > ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - > the provincial birding organization. > Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org > For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/ > > _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
