This morning, Saturday, May 15th, the Kentucky Warbler was still in the central area of Thickson's Woods, where it was discovered yesterday. The bird is easiest to locate when it is giving its loud, sharp, emphatic chip note, but it usually requires a certain investment of time to get decent views. The brushy central part of the woods forms a square surrounded by footpaths and the bird has been most often seen from midway along the most southerly path in this square, foraging on the ground or hopping along fallen logs. There were small numbers of about 15 species of warblers in the woods today, including Blue-winged and Blackpoll, but it was pretty quiet otherwise . An unbanded adult Piping Plover was found at Oshawa Second Marsh at noon today by myself, almost certainly the same bird seen there on May 11. The plover has a very marked complete breastband, as in the photo of the May 11 bird posted on the OFO website http://www.ofo.ca/photos It was running around on the mudflats slightly southeast of the viewing platform on the east side of the marsh, quite hard to see as it is the exact colour of the wet sandy mud and vanishes when it stops moving.
To reach Thickson's Woods in Whitby, exit Hwy.401 at Thickson Road, Exit 412 and go south across Wentworth Street to the Waterfront Trail which runs eastward just north of the woods. Park here and walk in the north entrance to the woods. For Oshawa Second Marsh, leave Hwy.401 at Farewell Street, Exit 419. Go south on Farewell Street to Colonel Sam Drive, turn east and drive past the Minacs building to the GM Head Office where you may park at the bottom of the first car park on the right of the road. Walk from here to the viewing plarform, visible from the parking lot. Margaret Bain Cobourg [EMAIL PROTECTED]
