Gene and Charlene Denzel 9 Idleswift Drive Thornhill, ON L4J 1K8 905-889-7888
Too nice a day for January 1 not to go out for a while. As per
recent post from Ron Fleming, McGilvary above Rutherford Rd was
bereft of snow buntings or horned larks, but did produce a NORTHERN
SHRIKE on a wire. Heading North, up Huntington (after crossing over
the RR tracks) there was another NORTHERN SHRIKE e on a wire. (Adding
to the two we had on the Richmond HIll Naturalists CBC this seems to
be a good seaason for these birds.) Nothing of interest at Borc
centre on Kirby (perhaps due to idiots on ATV's who were buzzing
around the trails). Coming down Huntington below Rutherford, we
spotted two Northern Mockingbirds in the yard of the Degasperis farm.
We were amazed at the lack of RED-TAILED (or other) HAWKs, but
running Hwy 407 from Hwy 27 to Yonge produced 11 of them perched near
the road.
