Hi Everyone Spent the day birding various areas within Presqu'ile Provincial Park. It was a good day with a nice breeze off the lake to keep the temperature down. Overall, the shorebird watching was quiet but at Beach #3 we observed a few adult shorebirds including 2 Baird's Sandpiper, 2 Sanderling and 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper. The first juvenile shorebirds should be on their way south soon! The visibility on Popham Bay was excellent and 14 White-winged Scoter, 3 Greater Scaup and 6 Redhead along with 2 adult Bonaparte's Gull were observed. The bird activity on both Gull and High Bluff Islands was overwhelming with 1000's of Ring-billed Gulls and Double-crested Cormorants and 35+ Great Egret, 8 Black-crowned Night-Heron and 60+ Caspian Tern. At Owen Point there was a small movement of 20+ Yellow Warbler and 2 Northern Waterthrush and a Willow Flycatcher calling. The Marsh Boardwalk produced 2 juv. American Bittern along with 200+ Bank Swallows resting on the cattails. Summering Mute Swans numbers were impressive with 212 birds.
Good birding, Bruce Directions: (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. Access to the offshore islands is restricted at this time of year to prevent disturbance to the colonial nesting birds there. Birders are encouraged to record their observations on the bird sightings board provided near the campground office by The Friends of Presqu'ile Park and to fill out a rare bird report for species not listed there. Di Labio Birding Website Courses and Field Trips http://www.dilabiobirding.ca http://www.brucedilabio.blogspot.com Bruce Di Labio 400 Donald B. Munro Drive P.O. Box 538 Carp, Ontario K0A 1L0 Office 613-839-4395 Mobile 613-715-2571 _______________________________________________ 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/
