Tim Logan found a black-throated sparrow on darlington soccer lower field this morning The bird is still here.   Directions Exit courtice rd and head south to megawatt rd. Turn left and follow megawatt. To crago rd. Turn south. The soccer field on on the east side of rd. Bird is feeding with other sparrows. .along fence near red roofed pavillion Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android

Bird was still present when I left 10 mins ago, for those interested. Still many birders there. Good views but moving about the edge surrounding the soccer fields. On Fri, Oct 4, 2019, 1:15 PM Tyler Hoar via ONTBIRDS, <birdalert@ontbirds.ca> wrote: > Tim Logan found a black-throated sparrow on darlington soccer lower field > this morning The bird is still here. > Directions > Exit courtice rd and head south to megawatt rd. Turn left and follow > megawatt. To crago rd. Turn south. The soccer field on on the east side of > rd. Bird is feeding with other sparrows. .along fence near red roofed > pavillion > > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android > _______________________________________________ > ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the > provincial birding organization. > Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca > For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit > http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup > Posting guidelines can be found at > http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide > Visit the OFO Facebook page > https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists > >

I am having difficulty following the directions to this bird. The maps I have do not show Megawatt Road or Cargo Road. If someone has a set of directions which explains how to access those roads, I would much appreciate it. Thanking in advance, Peter Gilchrist Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 4, 2019, at 3:19 PM, Taylor Brown via ONTBIRDS <birdalert@ontbirds.ca> wrote: > > Bird was still present when I left 10 mins ago, for those interested. Still > many birders there. Good views but moving about the edge surrounding the > soccer fields. > > On Fri, Oct 4, 2019, 1:15 PM Tyler Hoar via ONTBIRDS, <birdalert@ontbirds.ca> > wrote: > >> Tim Logan found a black-throated sparrow on darlington soccer lower field >> this morning The bird is still here. >> Directions >> Exit courtice rd and head south to megawatt rd. Turn left and follow >> megawatt. To crago rd. Turn south. The soccer field on on the east side of >> rd. Bird is feeding with other sparrows. .along fence near red roofed >> pavillion >> >> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android >> _______________________________________________ >> ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the >> provincial birding organization. >> Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca >> For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit >> http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup >> Posting guidelines can be found at >> http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide >> Visit the OFO Facebook page >> https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists >> >> > _______________________________________________ > ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the provincial birding organization. > Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca > For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup > Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide > Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists >

Take Courtice Rd exit off 401, proceed south on Courtice Rd for 100m, turn left on Megawatt Dr for 1km, turn right on Crago Rd for a few 100m, soccer fields on left On Fri, Oct 4, 2019 at 3:29 PM Peter Gilchrist via ONTBIRDS < birdalert@ontbirds.ca> wrote: > I am having difficulty following the directions to this bird. > The maps I have do not show Megawatt Road or Cargo Road. > If someone has a set of directions which > explains how to access those roads, I would much appreciate it. > Thanking in advance, > Peter Gilchrist > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Oct 4, 2019, at 3:19 PM, Taylor Brown via ONTBIRDS < > birdalert@ontbirds.ca> wrote: > > > > Bird was still present when I left 10 mins ago, for those interested. > Still > > many birders there. Good views but moving about the edge surrounding the > > soccer fields. > > > > On Fri, Oct 4, 2019, 1:15 PM Tyler Hoar via ONTBIRDS, < > birdalert@ontbirds.ca> > > wrote: > > > >> Tim Logan found a black-throated sparrow on darlington soccer lower > field > >> this morning The bird is still here. > >> Directions > >> Exit courtice rd and head south to megawatt rd. Turn left and follow > >> megawatt. To crago rd. Turn south. The soccer field on on the east side > of > >> rd. Bird is feeding with other sparrows. .along fence near red roofed > >> pavillion > >> > >> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android > >> _______________________________________________ > >> ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the > >> provincial birding organization. > >> Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca > >> For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit > >> http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup > >> Posting guidelines can be found at > >> http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide > >> Visit the OFO Facebook page > >> https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists > >> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the > provincial birding organization. > > Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca > > For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit > http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup > > Posting guidelines can be found at > http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide > > Visit the OFO Facebook page > https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists > > > > _______________________________________________ > ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the > provincial birding organization. > Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca > For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit > http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup > Posting guidelines can be found at > http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide > Visit the OFO Facebook page > https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists > >

Birders, Just a follow-up on this mega-rarity. A few of us watched the Black-throated Sparrow right up till sunset. It seemed to stay along the fence line behind (east of) the covered picnic area for the time I was there (6:15 to sunset around 7), at around 6:50 or so it flew to the line of Ash trees on the west side of the covered pavilion and then flew to the sandy area of the children’s playground where it fed alone. The bird has been seen along the fenceline up to 150m either side of the main picnic area. For those looking and who haven’t seen one before, Black-throated Sparrow is noticeably smaller than the numerous White-crowned, White-throated and Song Sparrows with which it was associating. It is a very drab, grey-brown backed sparrow with whitish breast and belly but look for the very distinctive facial pattern. It can hide amazingly well as it feeds in the grass so be patient and stay a bit distant from the fence so the birds can come out and feed comfortably. Good luck for those who head out to Courtice tomorrow. Directions: Take Courtice Rd exit off 401, proceed south on Courtice Rd for 100m, turn left on Megawatt Dr for 1km, turn right/south on Crago Rd for 200m, you will see the soccer fields and picnic pavilion on the left. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 4, 2019, at 13:14, Tyler Hoar via ONTBIRDS <birdalert@ontbirds.ca> wrote: > > Tim Logan found a black-throated sparrow on darlington soccer lower field this morning The bird is still here. > Directions > Exit courtice rd and head south to megawatt rd. Turn left and follow megawatt. To crago rd. Turn south. The soccer field on on the east side of rd. Bird is feeding with other sparrows. .along fence near red roofed pavillion > > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android > _______________________________________________ > ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the provincial birding organization. > Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca > For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup > Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide > Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists >