The peripheries of Thickson's Woods proved to be the places to stand today, May 11. >From 0730 to 1000 I had the pleasure to walk with some keen folk, pointing out >wildflowers while listening for warblers.
On the car-park road---Cape May, Yellow, Black-and-White, Yellow-rumped Warblers, Baltimore oriole. In the southeast corner of the woods, next to the marshland--the frequent bees-bzzzzzz of the Blue-winged warbler in the shrubbery. At the south-central roadway, in the tall poplars--N.Parula, Nashville, Chestnut-sided, Am.Redstart, Yellow-throated warblers At the west end of the bird-feeder trail, just inside the gate--Magnolia, Yellow, Pine, Black-throated blue warblers In the deciduous trees along the "cottage road" on the east side of the woods-- 3 male & 1 female SCARLET TANAGERS, 1 male Baltimore Oriole, 5 Rose-breasted grosbeaks in one tree ay one time; a male RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen here all morning. Earlier in the morning a RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER was seen here. I believe the Worm-eating warbler was seen on Saturday, May 10. Exit 401 onto Thickson Rd. in southwest Whitby--south toward the lake, parking on or near the roadway which is to the left along the north fringe of the white pine woods. Doug Lockrey, Whitby,ON _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdssetup.php ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdsguide.php
