Along with a male and female prothonotary warbler, a cerulean warbler joined in the attention both on the Tulip Tree Trail and South Point Trail this morning. While counting gulls on South Beach, birders tallied 2 adult and 3 immature little gull beside 4000 Bonaparte's gulls and 2000 common tern. As well, 1 merlin, 1 water pipit and 4 black terns were seen nearby.
A yellow-billed cuckoo appeared at Beach Access #10 last night and was seen on the picnic table a few minutes later. Other notable birds seen today at Rondeau, included one Connecticut warbler, 1 mourning warbler and 1 black-billed cuckoo. Directions: >From Highway 401 take the 101 exit south and follow the signs to Rondeau Provincial Park. Bob Knudsen Friends of Rondeau Bird Hike Leader ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun May 15 14:56:17 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from smtp103.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp103.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.36.81]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 67E8C649D8 for <ontbirds@hwcn.org>; Sun, 15 May 2005 14:56:17 -0400 (EDT) Received: from unknown (HELO usernojm80dlji) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]@24.100.72.132 with login) by smtp103.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 15 May 2005 19:11:52 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Tyler Hoar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <ontbirds@hwcn.org> Date: Sun, 15 May 2005 15:11:52 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Subject: [Ontbirds] Black-backed Woodpecker at Stephen's Gulch C.A., Bowmanville X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 15 May 2005 18:56:17 -0000 The male Black-backed Woodpecker was present at noon today. It has moved to the southern edge of the conservation area. The southern edge is a dead end dirt road unfortunately filled with illegally dumped garbage. The bird was foraging in some small Scots Pine along the south side of this road and just east of a freezer and large pile of garbage. >From the parking lot follow the trail south (10 mins) to the dirt road. Then turn left and start looking once you come to the freezer/pile of garbage on your left (north side of the road). There are extensive stands of mature and sick/dead Scots Pine along the eastern side of the conservation area and the woodpecker may move back into those stands. Other species seen included Ovenbird, Black-throated Green Warbler, Northern Waterthrush, Hermit Thrush, and Indigo Buntings Directions >From the 401 take exit 431 (Durham 57) and follow it north to Taunton Road Turn east (right) on Taunton Road to Bethesda Road. Turn south(right) on Bethesda Road and follow it to Stephens Mill Road. Turn left here and at the bottom of the hill and past the creek is the parking lot on the right. The main trail leads from the parking lot through cedars and is muddy in some area. Tyler Hoar Oshawa
