Some local birding in Richmond Hill.... * Loggerhead or Northern Shrike, as I was stopped in the Canadian Tire Parking lot far southern laneway crossing Silver Linden Drive to the "Best Buy" parking lot the Shrike was in the shrubs in the Canadian Tire lot literally feet from the car ( I often see a similar bird from the GO train at the Leslie Station and at the CN CP Doncaster cross)
* Coopers Hawk - Major Mac and Leslie circling neighbourhoods headed towards Leslie and Elgin Mills * Osprey soaring over backyard (likely heading for the run-off ponds), Leslie and Major Mac * Black-crowned Night-Heron, likely overnights in the local Headwaters community Park Richmond Green Pond species... * Great Blue Heron * Pectoral Sand Piper (?) no spots, Light brown with white breast (see Flickr link for photo) walking on the lily pads * Spotted Sand Piper walking the shore and lily pads * Mallard young with broken or deformed bill some of the Richmond Green photos can be found here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/steplock/sets/72157623315316639/ Directions: High Tech Road is in Richmond Hill, Bayview just north of 407, Silver Linden runs parallel to Bayview and is just west of Bayview off High Tech (turn left on High Tech) Richmond Green Pond - North West Corner of Elgin Mills and Leslie St, Richmond Hill. Headwaters Community Park - Princeton and Redstone. Princeton meets Leslie St at the lights in front of COSMO MUSIC. Regards, Glenn Steplock www.flickr.com/steplock _______________________________________________ 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/