[Ontbirds]Sandhill Cranes over Stouffville

[Jack or Connie Walker]

As I was retrieving some dry firewood at 4:40 this afternoon, I heard the
sound of SANDHILL CRANES.  I counted 36 birds flying from South to North
directly over our house.  Connie ran out in her stocking feet with our
binoculars and we stood in the snow to watch them until they disappeared.
At about 2:00 this afternoon, a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK caught a male junco and
dined on it in the nearby bushes.  The cranes were more exciting.

Stouffville is north of Markham at the intersection of Hwy 48 and
Stouffville Rd (regional road 14).  We live about a kilometer east of that
intersection.

Jack & Connie Walker
Stouffville