Ontbirders,
Two Yellow Rails were ticking today at 4:00 pm Sunday May 25th at the Sedge
Marsh bridge. One was right at the bridge on the West side and the other was
about 15 metres out.
Directions: (Thanks Jean)
>From Kirkfield on Highway 48 east of Lake Simcoe, proceed north on County
Road 6. At
Hi Everybody,
Today (Sunday, 25 May) was a fine day for birding here in northern Muskoka.
This morning Wayne Renaud and I birded the Bracebridge Sewage Lagoons and
the adjacent Henry Road Marsh. Here are the highlights of our 56 species
there:
2 Virginia Rail
1 Sora
1 Semipalmated Plover
2 Least
We had a great view of the SORA about 20 ft. from the viewing stand Saturday
and Sunday at the Birding Festival at MacGregor Park in Pt. Elgin. Lots of
warblers, vireos (including YELLOW THROATED VIREO), Flycatchers, BLACK
BILLED CUCKOOS, etc. and even a couple of flying Sandhill Cranes as we left
An Arctic Tern was located at Oshawa Second Marsh this evening. It was
located at 6:55pm and flew out to the lake at 7:26. It was sitting on a log
on the west side of the marsh directly across from the east platform. There
were Common Terns perched adjacent allowing for great comparisons.
Directi
It was finally a nice day at Point Pelee today, little to no wind, warm
temperature to 17c, although heavy fog early in the morning. The only
evidence of any migration overnight was for Cedar Waxwings. While there were
several flocks with a total of about 30 birds in the Park on Saturday there
were
Today (Sunday, May 25) 28 observers took part in the OFO scheduled walk.
Birding was excellent, with a cumulative total of 87 species seen. The wet
woods of the Baselands continue to be Toronto's #1 migrant trap... found
there were 19 of our 20 warbler species, 4 vireo species, and a great number
While At my Cottage This weekened the Whimbrels and Ruddy Turnstones were
everywhere at least 30 40 Ruddy turnstones and 60 + Whimbrels out on the
point preening and eating offering great views of both shore birds.
Lakeshore rd 10km East of featherstone point .On lake Erie.
"Anthony Miller" <[EM
WEEKLY BIRD REPORT FROM PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY AND THE QUINTE AREA
for Sunday, May 25, 2003
And the spring migration continues, albeit in spurts with none of the
spectacular waves and fallouts so eagerly looked forward to by birders. The
later arriving CANADA WARBLER, BLACKPOLL WARBLER and WILSON'S
Birders,
I had 11 male Blue-winged Warblers between 4k and 8k
on the Dundas Valley Conservation Area railtrail.
Even with passing bikers and hikers, some sat out in
the open about 20 feet off the ground and sang in
response to others across the bikeway. It would be
easy
to find over a hundred Blue-
13 Whimbrel today and 155 yesterday evening at Second Marsh ... from east
viewing tower. Also one adult Little Gull, several Willow Flycatchers and
two Orchard Orioles at Second Marsh today.
Last night in addition to the usuals at Carden, we had the Yellow Rail at
dusk, several Nighthawks and a Wi
Hi All,
As mentioned in Alan's report, migrants were plentiful and singing in
Rondeau this morning. Finally a decent birding day!
Birding with Steve Charbonneau, Keith and Jim Burk, we had at least 23
species of warblers. Still quite a few Yellow-rumps, Black-throated Greens,
and Black-and Whites
On Saturday, May 24th I lead nine members of the Ontario Field
Orinthologists on the scheduled outing to the Opinicon Forest and Amherst
Island. Both locations are near Kingston. Although the weather was rainey
all day, nevertheless we were dressed for it, and since it was calm and a
mild 1
At Palgrave Conservation Area, north of Bolton , this morning were several interesting finds. A Sandhill Crane, probably heading north, was located, as well as a Raven in the exact same area as seen last spring.
Other probable territorial birds were Northern Waterthrush, Ovenbird, Common Yell
Recently Swan # 612 returned to the Wye Marsh in Midland.It is a 2-3 year
old bird and was raised in the wild at the Wye Marsh.This past winter # 612
turned up in Bristol,Kentucky and overwintered, and as I said has just
recently returned back to the Wye Marsh.
I believe that this is a large mi
Report for May 25, 2003 (Sunday):
For the first time in perhaps 10 days, the woods at Rondeau were alive with
singing birds this morning. Most birders visited South Point Trail, where
there were a lot of migrants Mourning Warbler (numerous), Clay-colored
Sparrow, Whjte-eyed Vireo (several),
Please Excuse my spelling ,I am Dyslexic
thank you for your understanding.
Whimbrel wear right on time today at Colonel Sam Smith Park , from 6:00 am
to 7:30 ( when the fog rolled in) I counted 3 flocks 36-19-48 for a grand
total of 103 , another 12 wear see at Humber bay west wear the fog was
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