The skies have remained rain free today, which has allowed for some comfortable birding (has not been the case at times lately) White-eyed Vireo, Hooded Warbler and many Black-throated Green Warblers were seen on South Point Trail this morning. A male Mourning was singing bright and early this morning from the Pony Barns and Spicebush Trail. Cape May Warblers are making appearances on a more regular basis from most areas of the park. Yesterday there was as many as 2 but at least one Laughing Gull Reported late on the east beach, near the visitor center. There are good numbers of Warblers still in the woods today with the majority seeming to be Black-throated Green, Chestnut-sided and Magnolia. Last night the Chuck-wills-widow was heard calling once again from the visitor center and was seen by many flying around. There was also a report that there could well have been more then one.
Good Birding, Ross Wood Directions: from Hi-way 401 take exit 101 (approx. 50 minutes west of London) follow signs south to park. Once in the park to get the the visitor center follow Rondeau rd. straight back until it ends(approx. 8km) then turn left on Gardiner, follow for 1.5km until you reach the VC on the right. ---------------------------------------- Upgrade your account today for increased storage; mail forwarding or POP enabled e-mail with automatic virus scanning. Visit our member benefits page at https://members.canada.com/benefits.aspx for more information. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun May 14 14:41:25 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from ecserv7.uwaterloo.ca (ecserv7.uwaterloo.ca [129.97.50.127]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 433D263CC8 for <ontbirds@hwcn.org>; Sun, 14 May 2006 14:41:10 -0400 (EDT) Received: from ecserv7.uwaterloo.ca (localhost.uwaterloo.ca [127.0.0.1]) by ecserv7.uwaterloo.ca (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k4EIfE2G005189 for <ontbirds@hwcn.org>; Sun, 14 May 2006 14:41:14 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Received: (from [EMAIL PROTECTED]) by ecserv7.uwaterloo.ca (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id k4EIfEIe005188 for ontbirds@hwcn.org; Sun, 14 May 2006 14:41:14 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from [EMAIL PROTECTED]) X-Received: from 209.226.9.8 ( [209.226.9.8]) as user [EMAIL PROTECTED] by ecserv7.uwaterloo.ca with HTTP; Sun, 14 May 2006 14:41:14 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 14:41:14 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ontbirds@hwcn.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 3.1 / FreeBSD-4.6.2 X-Originating-IP: 209.226.9.8 X-User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv Subject: [Ontbirds]Red-necked Phalaropes near Wallaceburg X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 18:41:25 -0000 Saturday afternoon, on a trip to look for the Reeve seen in MacDonald Park, we discovered two female RNPH in the pond at the south end. They were keeping company with a few Dunlin and yellowlegs. No sign of the Reeve, but they were a fine compansation. Directions from Blake Mann's post of Thursday last: Directions to Stewart Wetland: Get on hwy 40 between Sarnia and Wallaceburg and find Langstaff Line which runs east/west just north of Wallaceburg. >From hwy 40 turn west and follow Langstaff Line to its very westerly end. You will see MacDonald Park in front of you on the Snye R. Turn left on St. Clair Parkway and go to the south end of MacDonald Park where there is a boat ramp. The wetland is here on the south side of the parking lot. You can walk on the dyke. Peter Coo Kitchener ---------------------------------------- This mail sent through www.mywaterloo.ca From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun May 14 17:24:21 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from tomts10-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts10.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.54]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B5CE639F1 for <ontbirds@hwcn.org>; Sun, 14 May 2006 17:24:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: from chester1 ([216.209.138.157]) by tomts10-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with SMTP id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sun, 14 May 2006 17:24:05 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Chester Gryski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ontbirds" <ontbirds@hwcn.org> Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 16:53:49 -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 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Subject: [Ontbirds]OFO Trip to Prince Edward Point Wildlife Area X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Chester Gryski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 21:24:21 -0000 Eight OFO members and friends were not daunted by the weather forecast that called for rain and joined Terry Sprague at 7:00 a.m. at the Prince Edward Point Wildlife Area.. 78 species were observed. The highlights included a very co-operative Clay-colored Sparrow, a less co-operative Mourning Warbler, and also Northern Parula, Wilson's Warbler, Bay-Breasted Warbler, Cape May Warbler, Wild Turkey. Green Heron, White-winged Scoter, Wilson's Snipe, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Blue-headed Vireo, Warbling Vireo, Philadelphia Vireo and Scarlet Tanager Participants also had an opportunity to view the banding activities at the Prince Edward Point Bird Observatory (PEPtBo). The Prince Edward County Birding Festival runs from May 13 to May 22nd. Further details can be found at http://www.thecounty.ca/birding/. OFO thanks Terry Sprague for once again leading OFO's trip to Prince Edward Point.
