Here are some sightings from the past week: Wild Turkey: same two still in the Two Rivers Store area this week.
Spruce Grouse: Male at Spruce Bog Boardwalk, about 30 m north of the register box on March 29. Gray Jay: Opeongo Road, and Spruce Bog. Boreal Chickadee: One at Spruce Bog Boardwalk parking lot on March 29. Common Redpoll: about 50 at West Gate feeder on March 27, but only 1 by March 29. Hoary Redpoll: 1 at West Gate feeder on March 29. Pine Siskin: 30+ at Visitor Centre feeders, including one Green Morph on March 29. Evening Grosbeak: 15+ at Visitor Centre feeders all week. A few at Spruce Bog parking lot on March 26 and 27. Notes: New arrivals this week included: Wood Duck, American Black Duck, Green-winged Teal, Red-breasted Merganser (early), Great Blue Heron, Northern Saw-whet Owl, Eastern Phoebe, American Tree Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Song Sparrow, Snow Bunting, Rusty Blackbird. Arowhon Road and Rock Lake Road are now closed to public travel due to muddy spring melt conditions. Please report your Algonquin sightings to me (including date, number and location) for our park records. Thanks. Good birding. Ron Tozer Algonquin Park Naturalist (retired) Dwight, Ontario Directions: Algonquin Park is three hours north of Toronto, via Highways 400, 11 and 60. Follow the signs, which start in Toronto on Highway 400. From Ottawa, take Highway 17 to Renfrew, then follow Highway 60 to the park. Kilometre markers along Highway 60 in the Park go from the West Gate (km 0) to the East Gate (km 56). Get your park permit and the park tabloid (with a map of birding locations mentioned here) at the gates. The Visitor Centre at km 43 has recent bird sightings and information. The centre is open on weekends from 10 am to 5 pm. When closed to the public, access to watch the birds is possible by entering at the service entrance and contacting the staff. _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
