Cavan Monaghan--Jones Quarter Line (between Hayes and Bland Lines)

Cavan Monaghan--Jones Quarter Line (between Hayes and Bland Lines)

Tips for Birding

Early mornings or evenings with calm conditions are best. There is ample room to park several vehicles at the roadside just north of the intersection of Bland Line with Jones Quarter Line but be sure not to park in or otherwise block any of the entrances to the fields. Walk the road to the north for around 500 m birding both sides of the road. Most of the birds of interest on are associated with the brushy regenerating old field on the west side of the road. There are similar patches of brushy field habitat farther to the north on the east side of the road south of Hayes Line.

Birds of Interest

The old fields immediately north of Bland Line on the west side of Jones Quarter Line support Clay-colored Sparrow, Field Sparrow, Eastern Towhee, Blue-winged and Golden-winged warblers and hybrids, Mourning Warbler, Nashville Warbler, Indigo Bunting and Black-billed Cuckoo. Both Grasshopper and Vesper sparrows occur in the surrounding fields and Red-shouldered and Broad-winged hawks nest in the vicinity and may heard and observed soaring overhead.  

About this Location

Jones Quarter Line runs between Bland Line and Hayes Line, a distance of a little over a kilometre. Aside from a few cultivated fields and private residences both sides of the road are brushy old fields regenerating in hawthorn, aspen, birch and trembling aspen with scattered, small white pines and Scots pines. All lands on either side of the road are in private ownership, so do not leave the road.

Features

  • Roadside viewing

  • Restrooms on site

  • Wheelchair accessible trail

  • Entrance fee

Content from Donald A Sutherland

Last updated March 26, 2024