On February 16/14, about noon, while parked in the parking lot of the Bayview Heights Public School at 1400 Garvolin Ave., Pickering - south of Hwy. 401 opposite the Pickering Town Centre - and parked facing the red brick wall, a bird suddenly flew up in front of my car. The bird landed on the orange hood of the Mitsubishi Eclipse parked immediately to my left, and began sipping from a small pool of melted salty water. My attention was immediately drawn to this flight and I immediately turned to the left and froze my movement. Unmistakable.....a Northern Mockingbird. After about 10 to 15 seconds, this bird flew to the other side of the brick wall and into the hedges there. At the time, if was particularly windy and bitterly cold outside. I was about 6 feet away from the Northern Mockingbird.
Don Davis Toronto, 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 including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup
