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 100 m north of the register box on April 5. Bald Eagle: An adult over Highway 60 near Centennial Ridges Road on April 9. Black-backed Woodpecker: One 200 m north of the culvert on Opeongo Road on April 5. Gray Jay: Opeongo Road, and Spruce Bog Boardwalk. Boreal Chickadee: One on Spruce Bog Boardwalk just past the first boardwalk on April 5. Common Redpoll: big flock at the Visitor Centre feeder this week. Several along highway and Opeongo Road. Hoary Redpoll: One at Visitor Centre feeder on April 4. Pine Siskin: 30+ at Visitor Centre feeders. Evening Grosbeak: 5+ at Visitor Centre feeders all week. Notes: New arrivals this week included: Common Goldeneye, Northern Flicker. Arowhon Road and Rock Lake Road are now closed to public travel due to muddy spring melt conditions. Whiskey Rapids Trail is closed due to flooding on the Oxtongue River section. 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/
