About 25 minutes ago the Smith's Longspur flew up and did a big lap around the area it's been hanging out at before landing in a corn stubble field about 200m south of Concession A Rd near Port Rowan in Norfolk County. There were still a few people there when I left so hopefully someone can repost if it comes back to the road.
Refer to Cheryl's directions below in the forwarded email. Good birding! Jeremy Jeremy Bensette - Leamington, ON I'm doing an Ontario Big Year in 2017! Follow along at Jeremybirder.com > On Jan 1, 2017, at 9:22 AM, rex bartlett <rex_al...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Smith's Longspur - YES > Seen by M.obs. > 9:20am > Happy new year > > Rex Bartlett > > Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/ghei36> > > > > On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 9:13 AM -0500, "rex bartlett" > <rex_al...@hotmail.com<mailto:rex_al...@hotmail.com>> wrote: > > > Good day. > The Smith's Longspur continues this Saturday AM. Current time is 9:11. > Rex Bartlett > > Get Outlook for Android > > > > On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 7:58 PM -0500, "Cheryl Edgecombe" > wrote: > > > The bird continued to show well today along Concession A. It was sitting > low and quiet on a knoll not more than 10 feet from the side of the road. > Northern Harriers kept it wary. It was first seen and heard with its rattle > call a little further in the field but kindly pointed out to us by other > observers. Seed has been buried in the snow by the passing plow so it may > not be at the side of the road collecting seed, there is some now out on the > sidelines. It seems comfortable with passing cars and people, look > carefully at the grass at the side of the road it really blends in, best > viewed from the vehicle. Interestingly, it seemed to call when the Sandhill > Cranes came over firing off their calls. Close study and photographs were > taken. > > The A Concession Rd is the road north of Lakeshore Rd and only runs west off > Hwy 59. > > Cheryl Edgecombe, Rob Dobos, Dave Don, also earlier seen by Bob Curry and > Glenda Slessor. > > > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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