This morning at 8:15 a.m. I was pleasantly surprised to discovered a Common Yellowthoat feeding around the edge of the open water under a tangle of Euomymus hanging over a pond I have in my front yard ... it drank from pond several times ... then fed for about 10 minutes close to the ground or in leaf thick leaf litter within a few feet of pond. Because the pond is open all winter I get a get a good variety of birds here late in the fall and early winter ... most frequently Winter Wrens. I'll be out with David Hallett scouting for birds in the upper Credit River most of day but anyone feel free to come through the open gate and try to relocate it ... Good Luck.
Directions: My address is 9 Oakwood North (not south) ... and 2nd house north beyond a small apartment building. There is a white stucco garage in front of the house and courtyard garden is between the garage and the white stucco house. Oakwood is located four blocks of east of Hurontario Street (ie. Hwy. #10). Hurontario is the main street thorough central Mississauga. Wayne Renaud _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdssetup.php ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdsguide.php
