I found the male sitting on the low fence near sw corner of the strip mall located in sw corner of Southdown Road/Royal Windsor/Lake shore Boulevard at western end of Clarkson. I parked along the fence and the bird male few and move west into the mowed area and I soon flushed a female what I am sure were two newly-fledged young. I followed them for about 30 minutes and was unable to get photographs. I lost them when they scattered in the field sw of the antennae array. FYI I saw 3 of the species only about 2 km south of here on the west side of the Suncor Refinery property when it meets the eastern edge of Lakeside Park on 20 July 2012 (and later seen by others). Both these areas provide ideal breeding habitat for this species and may prove to be nesting here on a regular basis.
Directions: Go south on Erin Mills Parkway exit and turn south and drive down Southdown to Lakeshore Boulevard. Park in sw corner of the strip mall (big stores include Metro and Canadian Tire) along the fence which is adjacent to the hay field where birds were seen. There is a huge antennae array in the field. There is area of downed fencing there ... but this is private land and you can follow fence line around along Royal Windsor drive the scope the area as well. Wayne Renaud ([email protected]; cell: 289-828-0043) _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide
