> > *Friends of Point Pelee provide guided birding hikes throughout the > Festival of Birds at Point Pelee National Park of Canada. Proceeds from > hikes support the Friends of Point Pelee and Point Pelee National Park. This > submitted report is a service of the Friends of Point Pelee Hike Leaders.* > > * * > > *Point** Pelee National Park** Migration Update for: MAY 15, 2011* > > > > Despite the rain showers over the Park today birders are seeing numerous > species. > > > > At the tip both Yellow-billed and Black-billed Cuckoo and Olive–sided and > Acadian > Flycatcher were spotted. Out in the lake a Lesser Black-backed Gull and > Black and White-winged Scoter were viewed by birders. Birds at the tip > are low down and readily visible to all. > > > > In Tilden’s Woods a Common Nighthawk flew overhead and eventually roosted > in a tree at the entrance much to the delight of many passing birders. Many > pockets of warblers can be found in Tilden’s including Prothonotary, > Bay-breasted, Mourning, Orange-crowned, Canada, Cape May to name a few. The > majority of flycatchers were seen, including Great-crested, Least, > Yellow-bellied and Acadian. > > > > A Black-billed Cuckoo was seen on the Chinquapin Trail. > > > > *A total of 25 species of warblers have been seen so far today in the Park > * > > > > Outside the Park: No reports have come in so far. > > > > Good Birding, > > Hike Leaders: Pete, Karl, Todd, Justin, Marianne, John, ELLEN, Alvan and > Jeremy > > > > FESTIVAL OF BIRDS APRIL 30, 2011 THROUGH MAY 23, 2011 > > Point Pelee National Park of Canada and Friends of Point Pelee > > > > For more information on the festival and archived Point Pelee Migration > Reports, please check our www.festivalofbirds.ca FOLLOW the park on > Twitter.com/PointPeleeNP > > - > Janice Rogers, General Manager > Friends of Point Pelee ~ Celebrating 30 years > "Our Point is Pelee" > www.friendsofpointpelee.com > 519-326-6173 > >
-- Janice Rogers, General Manager Friends of Point Pelee ~ Celebrating 30 years "Our Point is Pelee" www.friendsofpointpelee.com 519-326-6173 *Festival of Birds ~ April 30 though May 23, 2011 * *www.festivalofbirds.ca* <http://www.festivalofbirds.ca/>* * _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
