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Gene and Charlene Denzel 9 Idleswift Drive Thornhill, ON L4J 1K8 905-889-7888
Had to be down in the general neighbourhood anyhow, so we took a
chance and headed to Hall's Road to see if we could find some cross-
bills. (What the heck, it was a great afternoon for a hike, with
serious cold coming in tonight.) In spite of a pretty thorough trek
through the various tamarack woods there, we had no luck on that
front. However, we did get 3 RW Blackbirds, 2 Red-Tailed Hawks, 1
Rough-legged Hawk, 1 Northern Shrike (first winter), 1 Northern
Harrier, and on the way back at Salem Road 1 Cooper's Hawk. The light
was particularly nice on the soaring Red-tails and Rough-legged. All
over the snow on the North trail and in the surrounding woods were
fresh tracks of Wild Turkeys, but we did not see any.
