Christine Shackleton and I drove out to see the Varied Thrush near Bamburg this afternoon. Elmer Ewart was spreading seed near a Pacific Yew when we arrived. He welcomed us and told me where to park the car to get a good view of the bird when it came in to feed at the base of the yew. We only waited about 5 minutes for the bird to arrive at about 2:30 p.m. While we were watching it, Christine noticed a Red-bellied Woodpecker coming to the suet feeder close to the house. Directions: exit the 401 at Hwy 8 north, take Hwy 85 north, towards Waterloo about 12km. Exit Northfield Road, and go west. Following Northfield, turn right (north) onto Weber street. Take Weber St. about a km and turn left onto Benjamin Road. Take Benjamin all the way to Kressler Road (~5km). At Kressler, turn left and take this to the first road (about 2km), which is Weimar Line. Turn right onto Weimar and the house is the 3rd on the left #3218.
Elmer was a very gracious host and mentioned that there had been another Varied Thrush at Cold Creek last January. Kevin Shackleton _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
