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Birding Reports => Southern Ontario Reports => Topic started by: Dr. John on April 24, 2011, 09:08:10 AM

Title: New Liskeard - sandhill cranes
Post by: Dr. John on April 24, 2011, 09:08:10 AM

Not sure New Liskeard counts as southern Ontario, but we don't have a northern Ontario section.

Anyway, we are up here for the Easter weekend. Didn't plan on doing any birdwatching (it's better later in the spring), but we ended up seeing lots of birds anyway. The highlight was a pair of sandhill cranes feeding on a farmer's field. This is the first time we've seen them in Ontario. They stayed for quite a long time, so we had some nice looks.

We've also been watching plenty of American tree sparrows, white-throats, juncos, robins, a red-breasted nuthatch, some redpolls (can't tell which kind), grackles, crows, ravens, and a red-tailed hawk. A snowshoe hare just turning colour loped by the house this morning (just in time for Easter) and a red squirrel has also been dashing about.

-John

Title: Cool Sighting
Post by: Napper on April 24, 2011, 07:55:42 PM

Pretty Cool Dr. John :!:

We've spotted them there Sandhill's btwn Hearst and Longlac in July/August adjacent hwy11 before.

That's the only place I've ever spotted one. It's really desolate up that way, nothing between Hearst and Longlac but road, rocks, trees and lakes.

We made the trip to Sunset country(West of Tbay) for almost 20 years.

Napper  :cry:

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Post by: Dr. John on April 25, 2011, 12:52:07 PM

Haven't been as far along Highway 11 as that, but you are right about it being mainly rocks, trees, and lakes. Still, there's a lot of nature to see in the boreal forest if you are patient or lucky.

-John

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Post by: Whittam on May 08, 2011, 05:47:34 PM

We see them in the Spring just south of Washago Ontario just off Hwy 11.
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