Art Needles, John Watson, Ron Fleming and new team member Christopher Dunn were with me as we drove 343 kilometres around Simcoe County from 3:30 a.m. to 9:20 p.m. The weather was very cooperative with rain showers happening while we were in transit between birding target areas. Highlights of the day were 10 Golden-winged Warblers in the Tiffault Trail, Kinnear Road and Cowan Trail area near Matchedash Bay, a Lincoln's Sparrow at Collingwood Harbour, three Upland Sandpipers south of the hamlet of Batteaux, Chris hearing a Cape May Warbler singing from a farm evergreen windbreak as we drove along Concession 6, Sunnidale after viewing the Bald Eagle nest from Concession 6 and 15/16 Side Road and getting three sparrow species in minutes at Pine Grove Road, Essa. Our sponsors will receive full reports in due course. Team Leader Kevin Shackleton _______________________________________________ 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/
