Tiny township

[Napper]

My wife and I made our first trip North today.. to have a look around.

Around 9:30 this morning I was sitting at the edge of my deck watching the gold finch's and the rabbit that call my yard home
when 2 white swans flew from West to East just behind my house Just above the power lines. I could not I.d. them.

Just before leaving I spotted 3 Cedar Waxwings in a tree a couple of doors down from my house.(image is in the gallery yard)

Along the way a Northern Harrier swooped low over the ground and landed on a fence on the West side of the 407 at Derry Rd.

The 407 and the 400 Northbound were very quiet but for the odd crow. North of Barrie along County rd 6 it was far busier flooded fields with hundreds of geese
and gulls.. At Sawlog Bay a  Raven barrel rolling to avoid an attacking crow. At Thunder beach, Robins, Turkey vultures soaring ,4 Redtail hawks in a small kettle.

North Georgian bay at Sawlog point is Frozen all the way out to Giants tomb. The beaches to the West ,18 th concession down to 9 th concession are still snow and ice covered there is open water 200 meters out  with floating ice. Every beach we visited there were hundreds of geese and other waterfowl. I spotted a couple of Common mergansers at Balm beach..

Fun little outing.

Now, if your still awake  maybe someone could help  me with this one. Is it too early for Common Night hawks ? I thought I spotted one yesterday...
Britannia rd and 5th line Milton.

Napper

[Napper]

I forgot to mention

Pileated Woodpecker spotted at 9th concession (Perkinsfield) and county rd 6, west side of road.  massive diggings into multiple trees.

It flew in front of the van as we were passing the trees.  We turned around and went back to watch it for a while.

I spotted one tree that was almost completely hollowed out along the roadway.

Napper :oops:

[Napper]

There and back again today

Different route from last week both there and back.

Pileated woodpecker in the backlots @ Balm beach, a beautiful red Fox running past the little houses at Tiny Beaches rd South of Ninth Concession.

Tree swallows along hwy 26  near (Edenville or vale conservation) The Nottawasaga river looked more like a lake.. large scale flooding..

Kestrels all along Airport rd.. Southbound

Napper:))

[tleeder]

There and back again today

Different route from last week both there and back.

Pileated woodpecker in the backlots @ Balm beach, a beautiful red Fox running past the little houses at Tiny Beaches rd South of Ninth Concession.

Tree swallows along hwy 26  near (Edenville or vale conservation) The Nottawasaga river looked more like a lake.. large scale flooding..

Kestrels all along Airport rd.. Southbound

Napper:))

Hello Napper,  
Just got into birding on a regular basis this year and have a cottage close to Balm beach on Tiny 13 and will now be on the look-out for pileated's in the area - any suggestions where I might have some luck?

[Napper]

Hey Tleeder

Welcome to the  forum!!

This won't mean a lot to the others viewing  but here it goes..

We were at Tiny beachs rd. North. and Oliver drive adjacent the big curve.. South on Oliver a quarter mile or so.

Heard, spotted and viewed diggings of a Pileated ..  See also a previous thread   spotted one at  County rd 6 and 9th Concession.

You cannot mistake the jungle like call nor the size of the bird..

Napper:  good luck  

No way of knowing if they are still there..oops

[tleeder]

Thanks for the info Napper - I had the chance to watch a female pileated up close for a good thirty minutes working the trees only 30 feet away from me near Rattray Marsh in Mississauga last Thursday.  I was able to get about twenty pics including video of her calling and drumming.  I would really like to spot a male in the future some day as well - maybe even get a pic or two.  

Maybe see you out there one day in the Tiny area...