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Birds prove Spring is just around the corner Federation of Ontario Naturalists The February mow lies deep In the midst of one of the coldest winters In recent years It Is easy to lose sight of the fact that spring really and truly Is just around the comer One of the most obvious signs of spring Is the return of the birds Most of us watch for the first robin sometime In late March and take that as a harbinger of better things to come But migration that mysterious almost magical compulsion that moves tiny creatures over Incredible routes begins In February The first migrants to return to Ontario arc horned larks small birds with the colouring of sparrows hied by bright yellow throats and devilish little car tufts that look like horns Watch for them on weed stalks that poke up through the snow on the verges of country roads They will be followed by flocks of crows and wherever there la open water by pairs of adventurous ducks By mid March tundra swans bound for the shores of the Arctic Ocean arrive brief stopover along the north shore of Lakes Erie and Ontario As March gives way to April and April to May the songbirds follow first in a trickle then In a flood If you would like more information on this or any of the many other nature tours offered across Canada cODtact FON Trips Lea- mill Road Don Mills Ontario MSB telephone GeorgetownActon Wednesday Feb Radio J S cph 1984