Single
Northern Mockingbirds were seen and heard in three far flung residential neighbourhoods in the Town of Marathon in the past week. One visited our street on May 25.
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May 25, 2012. Town of Marathon. |
Luck was on my side yesterday when I pulled into a friend's driveway in Heron Bay and a
Lark Sparrow flushed from the ground and perched momentarily on the Hydro line - just long enough for a silhouetted photo - before it flew off.
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May 27, 2012. Heron Bay. |
This was the second
Lark Sparrow to show up on the north shore recently. On May 19, Sue and Mike Bryan spotted one visiting a feeder on the Dorion Loop Road, near Nipigon. It stuck around long enough to be seen by others in the following days.
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May 20, 2012. Photo courtesy of Susan Fagan. |
Some other good north shore sightings:
- Gary Selinger photographed a Summer Tanager at his Longlac feeder on May 26th.
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May 26th, Longlac. Courtesy of Gary Selinger. |
- A Red-headed Woodpecker was a regular visitor to Susan Fagan's feeder in Dorion between May 20th and 26th.
- Christine and Kyle Drake admired a male Scarlet Tanager on Penn Lake Road, Marathon (May 25).
- A male Bobolink sang from the top of a Black Spruce at the mouth of the Pic River on May 26. [Pic River residents recall a time, decades ago, when Bobolinks nested in the fields on the Pic River flood plain in their community.]
- A Trumpeter Swan's arrival at Penn Lake, Marathon May 27th was noticed by many.
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May 27, 2012. Penn Lake Park, Marathon. |
May 28 additions:
Unusual for Peninsula Harbour were a
Ruddy Duck and an
American White Pelican, both near the Town of Marathon boat launch.
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May 28. Town of Marathon. |
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May 28. Town of Marathon. |
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