Scotch block ponds,3rd line Milton north.

Faltorvo · **on:** March 07, 2009, 12:11:17 PM

Went to scope out the area today and the ice is opening up.

Brown Thrasher
1m 3f common merganzer
Grackles
Red wing blackbirds.
Ceader waxwing
Kingfisher.

Plus loads of the common over winters and stayers for this area. In all roughly 26 species today.

Napper · **Reply #1 on:** March 07, 2009, 01:09:51 PM

Hey!!

Good stuff!, I've never tried the ponds.. I'll have to take a trip tomorrow..

Around 11:00 this morning lots of activity.. 10 Red Winged black birds heading North overhead. Tons of Crows. A few more Robins.

1 Coopers spectacular attack, banging thru the spruce tree next door.

Raining now.. Just think, last year this time we had a snow storm that dropped more than a foot of snow.. I didn't see any migration until 3rd week of March

Napper

Faltorvo · **Reply #2 on:** March 07, 2009, 01:26:47 PM

Napper, once they are here i can almost guarantee Baltimore orioles there also.

RKD · **Reply #3 on:** March 07, 2009, 10:18:27 PM

Hey I was at the scotch block also today and saw the same merganzers right near the road. A first for me as I am rather an amateur outside of our backyard feeders. There were many other birds way off in the distance but didn't have binoculars and raining too much to go explore.

Napper · **Reply #4 on:** March 15, 2009, 12:24:36 PM

hey!!

Beautiful day.. Spotted a Pileated Woodpecker just South of the reservoir today.. plus Coopers hawk, and two Redtails

Turkey Vulture's soaring over Milton, There are many hawks soaring today.. Watched 6 crows harrass a Coopers near the Home Depot

At home at 1:00 pm today spotted first butterfly a "Morning Cloak" I think..

Napper)

Faltorvo · **Reply #5 on:** March 26, 2009, 04:50:26 PM

Fresh report from the scotch today.
Great blue herrons
2 Northern shrike, along the same road 2 mins drive north before it dead ends again

Not 100% but possible song sparrows.
Lots of killdears
Did not have the binos, but the lake has at least 4 different types of ducks.

Saw our very impressive breading pair of redtails, she/he is a biggun.
Turkey vultures.

and a gang of AM robins,grackles,starlings,RWBB and crows that counted into a 1000 easily.

Plus plenty of the typical types romping around.

and anywhere from 6 to 8 calls that i did not recognize.

I just had a song sparrow under the feeder.