Hi birders, Just an update that the Varied Thrush is still visiting the feeders at Elmer & Bev Ewert's property. Many other normal feeder birds are there as well, including Pileated and Red-bellied Woodpeckers. Nearly 100 Wild Turkeys were in the corn fields between the Ewert's house and the Erbsville & Wilmot Road intersection. The Ewert's were very kind hosts offering a place to sit while waiting for the Thrush and a dog to play with after the bird had left!
Other birds of note: 1 Killdeer (flying near Erbsville & Rd Laurelwood) 1 Turkey Vulture and 3 Common Grackles (Conservation Dr & Erbsville Rd) several Red-winged Blackbirds throughout ~25 Horned Larks along Conservation Drive just East of Erbsville Rd. 1 male Hooded Merganser at Laurel Creek reservoir 2 male Common Mergansers flying near Wilmot Road. Good birding, Alvan Buckley Toronto, ON www.alvanbuckley.com Directions to the Thrush: 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. _______________________________________________ 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/
