Sandhill cranes

[Julie]

hi all

Does five minutes north of Parry Sound count as Southern Ontario? We saw two sandhill cranes standing in the middle of a marsh that appears to be flagged for destruction due to the "twinning" of highway 69. Don't get me started. It was pure fluke that i saw them but the long necks, reddish brown-grey neck/ body and red crest were giveaways.

I've seen them in southern BC but are they all that common as breeding birds in Ontario? Regardless, I felt very lucky!

Julie

[Brian Bailey]

I've still only seen them in migration in Southern Ontario, but they appear to be increasing dramatically here.
Check this page from the Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas:
http://www.birdsontario.org/atlas/map.j ... =7&stype=1
Note all the yellow dots:  squares where they weren't found in the first atlas.

BB

[Margaret]

Two summers ago I saw a dozen of these beautiful birds at Tiny Marsh, near Elmvale. Previously I had only seen them in Florida in the winter months.

[Kin Lau]

There's a fairly reliable spot just 1 hour north of Toronto, off the east end of Lake Simcoe in the fall time.

There's also a few nesting pairs out in Ottawa.

[lakewmn]

There are many cranes up on the Bruce Peninsula. I hear them all the time as they fly over my location in the early morning. Isaac Lake is one of a good spot to see them.