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page 12 the tribune thursday august 5 1ot1 if bill passed assessments frozen until 1974 farm as sessment as well as home assessment will be frozen until 1974 if a bill in troduced by municipal af fairs minister dalton bales is passed first an nounced july 14 the bill proposes a freeze on all assessments bruce taylor durham county farmer and executive mem ber of the ontario fed eration of agriculture met recently with william palmer deputy minister of municipal affairs this freeze on assessment will apply to all property not just homes but farms com mercial and industrial prop- e r t y too this means that fanners wont be taxed out of their pants in the next few years taylor said new buildings enlargments and improvements wont increase assessed values unless they in crease total market value by- more than 2500 the bill does not rule out the right of farmers to appeal theii present as sessments this freeze on property as sessment until 19 7 4 is preparation for a complete re vamping of 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family of white heron visit markham farm pond a family of three beautiful white heron visited a farm pond saturday on the property of denton brown cone 10 markham near 16th avenue a tribune photographer was able to get close enough to two of the birds for this picture jas thomas with binoculars and camera three boys enjoy bird watching tour by edge and betty pegg most exciting to birders is that moment when a species comes within range of your binoculars for the first time already the year 1971 has brought many reports of rareties some unfortunately could not be confirmed due to the fact that an authority was not available in time the barkeys of cedar grove are among those people who waste no time in calling their friends when a newcomer arrives in april it was a european goldfinch and on may 16 a harris sparrow we arrived in time to see the latter our first and like others we were thrilled royal ontario museum check lists show that both species have been seen fewer than a dozen times within thirty miles of toronto amazing to or nithologists were the number of glossy ibis coming to ontario during the month of may we saw our first at point pelee when a flock of 22 of these large southern birds landed in a marsh as dusk fell reports of smaller flocks of glossy ibis have since come to us from bowmanville prince edward county and whitby previous records in ontario have been few and far between always hoping to see something new our interest in wildlife took us to whitchurch township june 13 companions for the outing were jeff williams and brian aida of stouffville and geoff cowman of frenchmans bay all three boys are fond of nature and their politeness and respect for other peoples property is a credit to their parents as well as themselves as we drive west- ward through ring wood our secretary geoff cowman checked off cowbirds grackles and robins after turning north on the 6th concession we stopped to watch a flock of cedar wax- wings by the roadside further north there were bobolinks mourning doves meadow larks and killdeer at the area known to us as the vandorf bog we parked our car and listened to the beautiful songs of the wood thrush and veery while cardinals goldfinch orioles and a cat bird joined in the song of a canada warbler fooled us for a moment but the boys with their binoculars soon found it on a dead limb of a poplar tree other singing warblers nearby were chestnut sided black poll and maryland yellow throat at side road 1516 we turned left but the rasping call of a traills flycatcher stopped us again several other members of his family were there also a pheobe pewee kingbird and the great crested flycatcher all these despite a rather cloudy and threatening day on several occasions the boys pointed out green herons this little heron our commonest frequents ponds and marshy places after touring along the 5th concession we turned to the 7th and proceeded northward to a dead end at the york cty forest amvouixcmng bnurriril festiuiii and dance 5t0uffuille meim sat aug 28 8 pm t0 1 am featuring guehter brrt0l and his european couibo proteeds for charitable work presented by the stouffville fire department brian was familiar with a trail that lead eastward and said it was there that he saw his first ovenbird we took the trail which skirted a pond where a number of anglers were pursuing their favorite sport not only did we hear the song of the ovenbird but we also found the nest of a redbreasted nuthatch again it was the first that any of us had ever seen a small hole in a dead stub just east of the pond was a busy spot as the parents flew back and forth carrying insects to feed their young as we watched the thought occurred to me that this old topless tree was once more a valuable one not only to the insect eating birds which found a home there but also in a more round about way to man himself as we retraced our steps to the dead end corner a winter wren burst into its seemingly endless song and we found a new bird 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