Several robin sightings reported in the area
Posted Feb 2, 2012 By Lynda C. Bennett
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EMC Lifestyle - In Beckwith Township and Pakenham Ward, bald eagles have been seen almost weekly.
Courtesy of Richard Pitt
Richard Pitt took this photograph of a large woodpecker that made several visits to his suet feeder last week for the first time. The Pitts live on the edge of the Mississippi Golf Course and see two smaller woodpeckers every day along with all the more common species and a Northern Harrier on occasion.
These eagles certainly will stay in our area as long as food is available. Debora Metcalf, of Ramsay Ward, saw an eagle perched in the bush along Cavanaugh Road, east of McNeely Avenue, in Beckwith Township.
In Pakenham, Jan. 22, Ray Holland spotted one eagle in the village. The day before, a northern goshawk was in the Blakeney area.
White-winged crossbills and a red-bellied woodpecker were seen in Pakenham, all spotted by Ray. Every time I go to the village, these birds have flown.
In Carleton Place, Jim Sample has four pairs of northern cardinals coming to his backyard. His brother, Ray, in the Corkery area has one male only.
Outside town, Kingsley Hawes had four pair of American robins eating crabapples from the trees on his property. Two days later, Jan. 26, a goshawk came and scattered all the mourning doves.
January and robins do not usually mix well in the bird world. However, this past January has seen many reports of them. As well as above, Neil Carleton saw four robins at Fulton's Pancake House feeding on the ground.
Ken Jackson, Beckwith Township, was surprised to see one at his home. Ray Holland observed four of them feeding on the ground along Needham Side Road. In Almonte, Gerry Murphy saw robins near the Almonte General Hospital.
Six house finches visited Joyce and Mike Jaques feeders in Carleton Place, Jan. 24, and then they were gone. A partial albino American goldfinch visited Brenda and Doug Mills in Pakenham in early January. Ray Holland spotted 80 snow buntings and four horned larks on Jan. 2
Richard Pitt sent a great picture of a pileated woodpecker, which accompanies the column. It came to their suet for the first time ever. Both downy and hairy woodpeckers come to feed.
They live near the Mississippi Golf Course.
Please call Lynda at 613-256-5013 or email bennett@magma.ca with bird reports.
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