During our annual Bradford area CBC on Dec 30, Mike Van den Tillaart, Aileen Barclay, Dorothy Brace and I found an adult Peregrine Falcon perched in the small woodlot behind the Ansnorveldt School and baseball diamonds. Ansnorveldt is north of Hwy 9 and just west of Newmarket, on the eastern edge of the Holland Marsh vegetable fields. It was the start of an excellent day in the field. Also found along the many little roads of the marsh were three Snowy Owls, a 3rd-year Bald Eagle, 400+ Snow Buntings, two Cooper's Hawks, a Sharp-shinned Hawk, a Red-bellied Woodpecker, a Pileated Woodpecker, and ten White-crowned Sparrows. The latter species, ranging from a pair to a flock of 30, has been found wintering in the marsh for a decade. The Holland Marsh vegetable fields are located on both sides of Hwy 400, north of Hwy 9 roughly 30 minutes north of Toronto. A scope is recommended. Ron Fleming, Newmarket PS - would have posted earlier but thought the count coordinator might send CBC results and I didn't want to send repetitive info. _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - 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 Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
