Hi Everyone
Spent most of yesterday, Nov. 11th, birding Presqu'ile Provincial Park.
Still lots of water birds around including 11 Red-throated Loon, 130+ Common
Loon, 110+ Horned Grebe mainly in Popham Bay. We also observed 21 species of
waterfowl including 1200+ Long-tailed Duck, 5000+ Red-breasted Merganser, 46
Redhead, and 170+ Green-winged Teal. Shorebird variety was limited to 120+
Dunlin and 12 White-rumped Sandpiper all on Gull Island. There was a good
sampling of finches in the park with 22 Pine Grosbeak, 26 Common Redpoll, 3
Pine Siskin and 1 Red Crossbill near the Lighthouse. A late Blue-headed
Vireo was seen in the morning at Owen Point and a Carolina Wren spent most
of the afternoon in the Lighthouse area. A Northern Shrike was observed
hunting along the vegetation on Beach #1.If you require additional
information, please email me privately.
good birding, Bruce
Direction: Presqu'ile Provincial Park: (Courtesy Fred Helleiner)
To reach Presqu'ile Provincial Park, follow the signs from Brighton.
Locations within the Park are shown on a map at the back of a tabloid
that is available at the Park gate. It should be noted that, because
duck hunting is given priority on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and
Saturdays, Gull "Island", High Bluff Island, and part of the calf
pasture are not available for bird-watching on those days. Again this
year, birders and others have been permitted at Owen Point on hunting
days for the first few weeks of the hunting season. A duck blind was
recently erected at Owen Point, so birders should exercise caution in
that area on hunting days until signs are erected restricting access
altogether.
Bruce Di Labio
400 Donald B. Munro Drive
P.O.Box 538
Carp,Ontario,K0A 1L0
(613)839-4395 Home (613)715-2571 Cell
Di Labio Birding Website
Courses and Field Trips
http://www3.sympatico.ca/bruce.dilabio/
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