Not a great rarity, but a delight for me: this morning at about 11:00 a.m. I found a Northern Mockingbird just inside the entrance to the reservoir on Millard Street, east of 9th Line. Also present were Cliff Swallows, a Caspian Tern, Great Blue Heron, a single drake Gadwall and various totally expected spp.
The reservoir is a kilometre or so east of 9th Line, north of the Stouffville Sideroad, with the entrance just a few meters west of the rail way crossing. The mockingbird was the first bird I saw, in bushes to the left, or west, of the path, just a few meters inside the gate. There are two paths...the long one, through the woods at the north end, was too muddy for my footwear...the shorter circular path is about a fifteen minute easy walk. Barry Barry Kent MacKay Markham, Ontario, Canada _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
