[Ontbirds]Chuck-wills-widow prothonotary warbler at Rondeau
The chuck-will's-widow was heard again last night south of the Visitor's Centre. It sang from 9:15 pm to 9:35 pm. A male and female prothonotary warbler have been putting on a show along both boardwalks along the Tulip Tree Trail this morning. Two semi-palmated plover were seen on the beach along South Point Trail today. A male Tennessee warbler was heard singing nearby. Other notable birds have been one white-eyed vireo, 2 Philadelphia vireo, 2 Canada warbler, chestnut-sided warbler, blue-winged warbler and one bay- breasted warbler along the Tulip Tree Trail. Great Birding in the Rondeau Area Directions: Turn south off Highway 401 at Exit 101 and follow the signs to Rondeau. Bob Knudsen Bird Hike Leader Friends of Rondeau - This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu May 19 10:42:23 2005 Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from beaver.pch.gc.ca (beaver.pch.gc.ca [198.103.196.130]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9EF0649D7 for ontbirds@hwcn.org; Thu, 19 May 2005 10:42:22 -0400 (EDT) Received: from fisher.pch.gc.ca by beaver.pch.gc.ca via smtpd (for [199.212.94.68]) with ESMTP; Thu, 19 May 2005 10:58:34 -0400 Received: from EHULSMTP01.in.pch.gc.ca (ehulsmtp01.in.pch.gc.ca [167.33.1.48]) by fisher.pch.gc.ca (8.12.9/8.12.9) with SMTP id j4JEwXhK023127 for ontbirds@hwcn.org; Thu, 19 May 2005 10:58:33 -0400 (EDT) Received: From pp-vrc-multi.apca.gc.ca ([167.33.142.37]) by EHULSMTP01.in.pch.gc.ca (WebShield SMTP v4.5 MR1a P0803.345); id 1116514711178; Thu, 19 May 2005 10:58:31 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 5.0.8 June 18, 2001 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 10:58:28 -0400 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on PP-VRC-MULTI/SVR/PC/CA(Release 6.5|September 26, 2003) at 05/19/2005 10:58:31 AM MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Subject: [Ontbirds]Point Pelee Report for May 19, 2005 (Thursday) X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 14:42:23 - Point Pelee Report for May 19, 2005 (Thursday) Birders have been finding the birding slow but steady. Pockets of birds have been found throughout the Park. One pocket seems to be at Tilden's Woods where there are many warbler species including a Prothonotary Warbler, near the boardwalk area. Also found on the seasonal trail just north of there was an Acadian Flycatcher. Migrants, especially warblers, such as Canada Warbler were reported from Sanctuary Picnic area. A Blue-winged Warbler was reported from the tip. An Olive-sided Flycatcher was reported from north of the Sparrow Field. An Eastern Bluebird was flying along the road, south of the half-way tram stop. A late Pine Warbler was found in the White Pine picnic area. A Cerulean Warbler was reported from just south of the Centre, along the Woodland Nature Trail. The early morning walk had about 12 species of warbler among other migrants along the road, including several Blackpoll and many Bay-breasted Warblers. Yesterday's sightings include the following: Kopegaron Woods had many migrants including Summer Tanager (female), Cerulean Warbler (female), and numerous Blackpoll, Bay-breasted and Blackburnian Warblers. At NW Hillman Marsh (shorebird cell) there were at least (7) Little Gulls (varioius plumages), Wilson's Phalarope (5), Whimbrel (4) and many other shorebirds including Black-bellied Plover and Short-billed Dowitcher. Good Birding, Friends of Point Pelee John Haselmayer, Karl Konze, Ross Mackintosh, Dave Martin, Pete Read and Alan Wormington Point Pelee National Park of Canada and the Friends of Point Pelee brings you the Festival of Birds 2005, from April 30 - May 31. The Friends of Point Pelee offers daily birding hikes, including evening hikes from Wednesday to Saturday to May 21. Quest Nature Tours and Bushnell Performance Optics sponsor County Bus Tours on May 7 14. First Annual Fundraising Dinner, Friday, May 13 with guest speaker, Chris Earley. Visit www.pc.gc.ca/pelee or email [EMAIL PROTECTED] for more information. *
[Ontbirds]Pelee Island bird sighting for May 19, 2005
Pelee Island Heritage Centre West Dock Pelee Island, Ontario, N0R 1M0 (519) 724-2291 Today's Highlights:Last evening a Common Moorhen was found at Lake Henry which seemed to be sitting on a nest. The Lighthouse Trail and Sheridan Point both had more flycatchers than warblers but there were Tennessee Warblers and Philadelphia Vireos present at the Lighthouse. This morning on the Red cedar trail behind the Winery there were a couple of Canada Warblers and a Summer Tanager. Total species observed in May: _189 Paul Carter Ron Tiessen Pelee Island Heritage Centre West Dock, Pelee Island, Ontario, N0R 1M0 (519) 724-2291 pimuseum [EMAIL PROTECTED] There will be daily bird hikes on Pelee Island until May 20. Cost is $5.00 which includes admission to Heritage Centre. Meet in front of the Centre at the foot of West Dock every day at 7:30 a.m. Check into the Centre for details on best birding areas and current rarities. The Heritage Centre is open from 10 am - 5 pm daily. The foyer contains a 'sightings board' listing May bird sightings (open 24 hours). Lighthouse Point is on the NE corner of the island, Sheridan Point on the NW corner, Mill Point on the SE corner, and Fish Point on the SW corner, due south of the West Dock. Pelee Island Bird Observatory (PIBO) continues its daily banding and census operation. Visitors are welcome. For more information about PIBO please contact the Heritage Centre or check the website: www.peleeisland.org Pelee Island can be reached by ferry leaving Leamington several times daily. For times and reservations, call 1-800-661-2220.
[Ontbirds] fewer numbers, but still had 20 warbler species, incl. Mourning Blue-winged, at Thickson's-May 19;Rails at Cranberry
Firstly-In the AM a Short-billed Dowitcher was seen in the Sobey ponds, which front the Sobey warehouse , west of the Iroquois Sports Centre in Whitby. A Virginia Rail and a singing Sora were noted at the north platform of Cranberry Marsh; in mid-day 2 Virginia Rails responded to a tape at the south platform. At Thickson's we could hardly expect a day like May 18, but it was not too bad, albeit birders had to work hard. At the beaver pond--CAPE MAY WARBLER, Wilson's w., Green Heron, Least Bittern, Spotted Sandpiper. The inner woods was not the best birding area, but did come up with 4 Vireos, Canada and Mourning warblers, C.Yellowthroats, Ovenbirds, Eastern Wood Pewee, Great Crested and Least Flycatchers, and Red-bellied Woodpecker. The most common warblers lately have been--Black-throated Blue, Chestnut-sided, Nashville and Am. Redstarts Along the carpark roadside and just inside the woods was the best concentration of birds, they including Red-eyed, Warbling, Yellow-throated, Blue-headed and Philadelphia Vireos; Scarlet tanager, Indigo Bunting, Baltimore Oriole, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Veery, Brown Thrasher, Lincoln's Sparrow, BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, MOURNING WARBLER, CANADA W., BLACKBURNIAN W., TENNESSEE W., BAY-BREASTED, PALM. A Hooded W. may been heard. For Thickson's--exit 401 at Thickson Rd. (in Whitby), south toward the lakefront, turning left onto the carpark road which parallels the north side of the pine woods. Doug Lockrey, Whitby www.pickeringnaturalists.org
[Ontbirds] Lincoln Sparrow/Alder Flycatcher/19 Warblers - Oshawa 2nd Marsh and Thickson and Cobourg
At Oshawa 2nd Marsh, along the marsh trail (follow path from parking lot and turn left at the marsh) I flushed 3 LINCOLN SPARROWS and saw and heard singing an ALDER FLYCATCHER. The LINCOLN's hopped up onto limbs to pose so it's a good place to see one. Also 2 WOOD DUCKS in the marsh at the COOL HOLLOW end. At Thickson, 19 warblers including TENNESSEE, BLUE WINGED, CANADA, MOURNING, etc(see Doug Lockrey's email list). At the COBOURG Water Tower pond, 1 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 1 SOLITARY SANDPIPER, 2 SPOTTED SANDPIPERS, pack of NORTHERN ROUGH WINGED SWALLOWS. The shorebird habitat behind Walmart has dried up. There is still a wet spot behind the hospital worth checking(follow EMERGENCY parking entrance). Good birding. mike johnston cobourg DIRECTIONS: Thickson Woods - take Thickson Rd exit off 401 and drive south toward the lake and turn left just past the meadow on your left at 1st street south of WENTWORTH. Oshawa 2nd Marsh - take Harmony exit off 401, follow Farewell Rd south to Colonel Sam and turn left and go all the way to the grey (not white) GM bldg. Marsh is adjacent. Water Tower- take Burnham exit (Cobourg) off 401, go south to 1st light and turn right and left at 1st light. First left goes into water tower parking lot. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu May 19 21:28:25 2005 Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from fep1.cogeco.net (smtp.cogeco.net [216.221.81.25]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D30726495B for ontbirds@hwcn.org; Thu, 19 May 2005 21:28:25 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mainoffice (d57-191-94.home.cgocable.net [24.57.191.94]) by fep1.cogeco.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 257938C0A; Thu, 19 May 2005 21:44:41 -0400 (EDT) From: Cheryl Edgecombe [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 21:44:42 -0400 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Importance: Normal cc: Betty Blashill [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Ontbirds] Hamilton Naturalists Club Birding Report - Thursday, May 18, 2005 X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 01:28:26 - At 9:45 p.m. on Thursday, May 19, 2005, this is the HNC Birding Report: Red-necked Grebe Horned Grebe Turkey Vulture Bald Eagle Ruffed Grouse Short-billed Dowitcher Solitary Sandpiper American Woodcock Common Nighthawk Great crested Flycatcher Warbling Vireo Marsh Wren Eastern Bluebird Veery Gray-cheeked Thrush Swainson's Thrush Wood Thrush Gray Catbird Brown Thrasher Cedar Waxwing Blue-winged Warbler Golden-winged Warbler Tennessee Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler Nashville Warbler Northern Parula Yellow Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Magnolia Warbler Cape May Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Yellow- rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Palm Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black-and-White Warbler American Redstart Ovenbird Common Yellowthroat Wilson's Warbler Canada Warbler Scarlet Tanager Eastern Towhee Chipping Sparrow Swamp Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Rose-breasted Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Baltimore Oriole Slow and steady, spring migration is at a surprisingly slow pace for this time of year. Warblers are filtering through in small numbers perhaps many of them jumping over the area to the nesting grounds. Many of the local lakeshore spots have been good for warblers this week with Shoreacres, Tuck Creek and Shell Park producing Wood Thrush, Gray-cheeked Thrush, Swainson's Thrush, Veery, Gray Catbird, Cedar Waxwing, Warbling Vireo, Golden-winged Warbler, Tennessee Warbler, Orange-crowned Warbler, Nashville Warbler, Northern Parula,Yellow Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, Cape May Warbler, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Yellow- rumped Warbler,Black-thorated Green Warbler,Blackburnian Warbler, Palm Warbler, Bay-breasted Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler,Black-and-White Warbler, American Redstart,Ovenbird,Common Yellowthroat, Wilson's Warbler and Canada Warbler along with Rose-breasted Grosbeak and Baltimore Oriole. A Common Nighthawk made a temporary stop at Shell Park for a snooze on Sunday. Up in the grassy area of Shell Park on the pipeline a variety of sparrows including Chipping, Lincolns, Swamp, White-crowned and the lingering White-throated Sparrow give pause for a study of the LBJ's (little brown jobs). In the pond in the field to the west of the pipeline at Shell Park, 4 Short-billed Dowitchers made a temporary stop here on Monday. The Red-necked Grebes have been seen setting up shop again at Bronte Harbour on the tires. This is an excellent place to go and study this species. Also reported from the harbour this week was a Lesser
[Ontbirds]Presqu'ile Birding Report for Week Ending May 19, 2005.
By the middle of May, over 200 species of birds had been found in Presqu'ile Provincial Park this year, an achievement that probably can not be matched in any other park in Ontario. It bodes well for visitors to the forthcoming Warblers and Whimbrels weekend in the Park. Birding has been excellent for the past week, especially last weekend, and the weather forecast looks promising for the coming weekend. On May 18, three Red-throated Loons were visible in Popham Bay, including one in alternate (summer) plumage. One of the others was seen again on the following day. Six members of the heron family appeared at Presqu'ile since the previous report. Among those was a Least Bittern in a most unexpected location, a semi-open area surrounded by forest along Paxton Drive. Birds do interrupt their migration in unusual habitats from time to time, for example the King Rail which appeared at the lighthouse on May 17-18, 1996. On the other hand, the one which several people heard calling in the marsh while this was being written (and which caused the process of composing this to be interrupted for an hour) was in its proper habitat. Great Egrets and Black-crowned Night-Herons nest on the offshore islands and can usually be found during a day's birding, but the Green Heron spotted on May 14 was likely just passing through. Beginning with a flock of over 300 birds on May 13 and 200 on May 14, flocks of Brant have been flying past Presqu'ile on five of the past seven days. A drake Northern Pintail in Popham Bay on May 18, two Lesser Scaup in Presqu'ile Bay on May 14, and two Buffleheads on Lake Ontario on May 18 were remnants of larger numbers earlier in the season and may prove to be the latest of this season for those species. An Osprey was seen on May 14, and on May 15 a very vocal Merlin was seen and heard near Paxton Drive by a number of birders. Shorebirds have been on the move all week, the majority being Semipalmated Plovers, Least Sandpipers, and Dunlins. Others of note were a few Ruddy Turnstones, Sanderlings on two different days, one each of Semipalmated Sandpiper and White-rumped Sandpiper, and twelve Short-billed Dowitchers on May 15. Whimbrels and Red Knots should be arriving within a few days. A Little Gull was at Owen Point on May 18 and 19. For half a day on May 15, a Black-billed Cuckoo played hide-and-seek with frustrated birders in the shrubbery at the lighthouse. On May 19, a Great Horned Owl serenaded campers in the High Bluff campground during the night. A Red-headed Woodpecker was at the lighthouse on May 16, and Red-bellied Woodpeckers are being seen in various locations. On May 15, some observers were able to find five species of vireos, including a Yellow-throated Vireo and two Philadelphia Vireos. A Sedge Wren was reported on May 14 and another was found near the Owen Point trail parking lot on May 19. Blue-Gray Gnatcatchers have a nest south of the park store. Eastern Bluebird, Veery, Gray-cheeked Thrush, Swainson's Thrush, Hermit Thrush, and Wood Thrush were all present on May 14, and most of them have been seen on subsequent days. A Northern Mockingbird made its way past the lighthouse on May 19. Warblers have certainly been the highlight of the week, with 27 species and an additional hybrid being recorded in the Park (22 on one day by a single observer). There have been two Blue-winged Warblers, a few Golden-winged Warblers, a Brewster's Warbler (hybrid of those two species) on May 14, a few Tennessee Warblers, Northern Parulas, and Cape May Warblers, a first-ever-for-Presqu'ile Yellow-throated Warbler that gave splendid looks to about 20 observers on May 18, a few Blackpoll Warblers, two Cerulean Warblers on May 14, and a male Hooded Warbler on May 18. Most of these sightings have been within a kilometre of the lighthouse, where Mourning Warblers are likely to be the next to return. One of the biggest surprises of the past week at Presqu'ile has been the presence of Clay-colored Sparrows every day since May 14. Two were seen on that day, an amazing seven on the next day (in three widely separated parts of the Park), and one or two each day since in the calf pasture and/or High Bluff campground. Lincoln's Sparrows have also been found in various places by a number of birders. There was a report of a female Evening Grosbeak on May 15. 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. Questions and comments about bird sightings at Presqu'ile may be directed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- Fred Helleiner 186 Bayshore Road, R.R. #4, Brighton, Ontario, Canada, K0K 1H0 VOICE: (613) 475 5309 If visiting, access via Presqu'ile Provincial Park.
[Ontbirds]WNY Dial-a-Bird 19 May 2005
- RBA * New York * Buffalo * 05/19/2005 * NYBU0505.19 - Birds mentioned -- Please phone in any rare sightings so they may be shared via the DAB telephone update system, and submit email contributions directly to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you, David -- BOHEMIAN WAXWING EURASIAN WIGEON ACADIAN FLYCATCHER 28 warbler species Common Loon Long-tailed Duck Red-br. Merganser Osprey Bald Eagle Sandhill Crane White-r. Sandpiper Eastern Screech-Owl Common Nighthawk Red-headed Wdpkr. Eastern Wood-Pewee Yellow-b. Flycatcher Common Raven Gray-cheeked Thrush White-eyed Vireo Blue-winged Warbler Golden-wing. Warbler Tennessee Warbler Orange-cr. Warbler Nashville Warbler Northern Parula Yellow Warbler Chestnut-s. Warbler Magnolia Warbler Cape May Warbler Bl.-thr. Bl. Warbler Yellow-r. Warbler Bl.-thr. Green Warb. Blackburnian Warbler Pine Warbler Prairie Warbler Palm Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Cerulean Warbler Bl. and w. Warbler American Redstart Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush Kentucky Warbler Common Yellowthroat Hooded Warbler Canada Warbler Yellow-br. Chat Scarlet Tanager Clay-col. Sparrow Bobolink Orchard Oriole - Transcript Hotline: Dial-a-Bird at the Buffalo Museum of Science Date: 05/19/2005 Number: 716-896-1271 To Report:Same Compiler: David F. Suggs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Coverage: Western New York and adjacent Ontario Transcriber: David F. Suggs Website: www.BOSBirding.org Thursday, May 19, 2005 Dial-a-Bird is a service provided by your Buffalo Museum of Science and this answering system was donated by the Buffalo Ornithological Society. Press (2) to leave a message, (3) for updates, meeting and field trip information and (4) for instructions on how to report sightings and use this system. To contact the Science Museum, call 896-5200. Highlights of reports received May 12 through May 19 from the Niagara Frontier Region include BOHEMIAN WAXWING, EURASIAN WIGEON, ACADIAN FLYCATCHER and 28 warbler species. In the Town of Amherst, May 15, a BOHEMIAN WAXWING was reported in a Williamsville yard. This may be latest record for all of New York State. May 14 on the Buffalo waterfront, a male EURASIAN WIGEON was found at Times Beach, near the Coast Guard base on Fuhrmann Blvd. Back on May 10, in Niagara County, an unexpected ACADIAN FLYCATCHER was found on Lake Road in the Town of Wilson. It was reported that migrant ACADIAN FLYCATCHER has not been recorded in Niagara County for over 100 years. The CLAY-COL. SPARROW reported last week, was still along Lake Road on May 13. 28 warbler species this week were highlighted by a GOLDEN- WING. WARBLER on Dietz Road in the Town of Porter. At Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo, PRAIRIE WARBLER, CERULEAN WARBLER and YELLOW-BR. CHAT. And, last week at Tifft, a KENTUCKY WARBLER. Some of later migrants were noted this week. May 15, YELLOW- B. FLYCATCHER in the Chautauqua County Town of Arkwright. May 18, GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH at Amherst State Park and COMMON NIGHTHAWK over Lancaster. And EASTERN WOOD-PEWEES and BLACKPOLL WARBLERS at several locations. Not typically a late migrant, but reports of SCARLET TANAGERS picked up this week. WHITE-EYED VIREO was reported at Tifft, along Old Tifft Street on the 13th, and another WHITE-EYED VIREO was present May 11 and 14 at the mouth of Cattaraugus Creek in the Town of Hanover. Multiple ORCHARD ORIOLES were reported across the Lake Ontario Plains - Fort Niagara, Four Mile Creek, Lake Road in Wilson and Barker Park in Somerset. Also, ORCHARD ORIOLES in the Lake Erie Plains - Saint Columbans in Sheridan, and two locations in Silver Creek. A second hand report from last week, of a WHITE-WINGED DOVE on Ellicott Road in the Town of Portland, may have been the same dove reported on Buffalo Street in Silver Creek. These reports may be the first records of WHITE-WINGED DOVE in the region. May 15, on the BOS Count, northeast Niagara County, reported 123 species - highlighted by SANDHILL CRANE over Johnson Creek Road, 5 OSPREY, 12 shorebird species including 2 WHITE-R. SANDPIPERS on Townline Road, 20 warbler species with 2 PINE WARBLERS at Krull Park in Olcott, and on Lake Ontario, 20 COMMON LOONS, 438 LONG-TAILED DUCKS and 498 RED- BREASTED MERGANSERS. A count section in Arkwright reported a COMMON RAVEN at Burnham Hollow and 16 warbler species. Other reports - BALD EAGLE at Wales Center. Two adult and one young EASTERN SCREECH-OWL on Heritage Boardwalk at Tifft. At Point Gratiot in Dunkirk, two pair of RED-HEADED WDPKRS. And, flocks of BOBOLINKS in the
