With an increase of birders in the park, some of the hard to find rarities are being found. Last night at 5;00pm, the three-toed woodpecker was found on the Tulip Tree Trail. This is the fourth time the adult male has been found and seen well.
This afternoon a glossy ibis was found along the first two kilometres of the Marsh Trail. Not seen yesterday but today the spotted towhee turned up on the Tulip Tree Trail. Seventeen species of warblers have been tallied including northern parula, orange-crowned warbler, yellow-breasted chat, hooded warbler, prothonotary warbler, Wilson's warbler, and Canada warbler. Other notable birds seen are 200 American golden plover and 15 black-bellied plover at Erieau Road and Bisnet Road. 2 black terns, 12 short-billed dowitcher, 1 greater yellowlegs and 3 lesser yellowlegs at the Blenheim Sewage Lagoons. Directions to Rondeau; Take Highway 401 to Exit 101 Turn south and follow the signs to the park. Bob Knudsen Bird Hike Leader Friends of Rondeau ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri May 13 19:39:38 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from hotmail.com (bay107-f27.bay107.hotmail.com [64.4.51.37]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01A3D63FCC for <ontbirds@hwcn.org>; Fri, 13 May 2005 19:39:38 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 13 May 2005 16:54:55 -0700 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from 64.4.51.220 by by107fd.bay107.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Fri, 13 May 2005 23:54:55 GMT X-Originating-IP: [64.4.51.220] X-Originating-Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "Dean Ware" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 19:54:55 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-OriginalArrivalTime: 13 May 2005 23:54:55.0762 (UTC) FILETIME=[29BC3720:01C55817] Subject: [Ontbirds]Mew Gull, Holiday Beach C A X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 23:39:38 -0000 birders, A adult Mew Gull was observed with hundreds of Ring-billed gulls flying out of a newly tilled field "around" the Holiday Beach area. I mentioned "around" because these areas are private property and access will be denied, but if one were to go to Holiday Beach perhaps one may find the bird there or other marsh areas where Ring-bills may rest/feed. from Pelee: take essex rd.20(old18)west going through the town of Kingsville then harrow to the 4 corners of Malden Centre. At Malden Centre turn left(south) and go about 2km and you will see the sign on the right. Good Luck, Dean Ware Wheatley ON. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
