Hi Everyone This morning at around 10:30am I observed a flock of 9 Gray Partridge along Maple Grove Road. The partridge were feeding in a field along the Carp River. This is the same general area Gray Partridges have been observed during the past 4 or 5 winters. The habitat is slowly disappearing and I would recommend checking the area bordered by Huntmar Road, Richardson Side Road, Terry Fox Drive, and Maple Grove Road. Northern Hawk-Owls continue to move south. One was seen briefly yesterday, Dec.20th near the corner of Eagleson Road and Robertson Road at 9:30am and another was observed along Terry Fox Drive near Richardson Side Road on December 19th. Good birding, Bruce
Directions: General area: From Ottawa take Hwy 417 west to Terry Fox Drive exit and turn right and continue to Richardson Side Road or turn left at Terry Fox Drive and follow to Maple Grove Road and turn west. Di Labio Birding Website Courses and Field Trips http://www.dilabiobirding.ca http://www.brucedilabio.blogspot.com Bruce Di Labio 400 Donald B. Munro Drive P.O. Box 538 Carp, Ontario K0A 1L0 Office 613-839-4395 Cell 613-715-2571 _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
