A winter wren was beside the washroom building by the lighthouse today, along with a Yellow-rumped Warbler, which was very near the feeders. There were no Purple Sandpipers on Gull Island today, but there was a spectacular dark morph Rough-legged Hawk, as well as a Northern Harrier and 28 Snow Buntings. In Brighton, in a fruit tree near the Beer Store, I had one Pine Grosbeak. Finally, at the house with feeders on 15086 Main St. (near Huff Road), there was a mixed flock consisting of about 160 Brown-headed Cowbirds, 15 Starlings and 10 Red-winged Blackbirds. Mark Kubisz,Scarborough, ON _______________________________________________ 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/
