Pelee Report for May 2, 2004
Rain overnite and through the morning plus cool temperatures kept many birds
from moving on. Birders who braved the windy wet weather found it more
difficult to locate pockets of birds.
Highlights today so far include SUMMER TANAGER, WHITE-EYED VIREO, WORM-EATING
Twenty-eight birders braved the threat of rain and met at Rondeau Provincial
Park on Saturday May 1 for the annual OFO field trip, which was led by Blake
Mann and Maris Apse. The total of bird species seen was 74, including 13
warbler species. Rain held off for the most part and did not get in our
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Drove up to Carden Plain this morning in the pouring rain, and kept waiting
for the rain to subside somewhat, but it never did. As a result, we did
not see a great deal, but did see wild turkey along Wylie Road about a km.
north of the sedge marsh. Otherwise, there were no birds of note to be
Hello Ontbirders,
On Saturday, May 1st, Angela and I saw an immature
Golden Eagle near Chaffeys Locks (flying over the
entrance to the rail trail a few km west of Queens
Biological Station on Opinicon Road). Other birds in
the area were all as expected (lots of Red-shouldered
Hawks, both species o
Pelee Island: May 2
Birding was wet, cold, and windy today. Highlights from Fish Point include
SUMMER TANAGER, GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER, and VIRGINIA RAIL.
Dean Ware, Rob Tymstra, Irena Knezevic
Pelee Island Heritage Centre
West Dock, Pelee Island, Ontario, N0R 1M0
(519) 724-2291 "pimuseum" <[EMAIL
Between 8 and 9AM on May 2 there were some good birds in Thickson's Woods,
Whitby--Summer Tanager, Chimney Swift, several Rose-breasted Grosbeaks,
Blue-headed and Warbling Vireos, and among the 16 Warbler species were
Blue-winged, Hooded, Magnolia, Tennessee, Blackburnian, Cape May, Wilson's
and Ba
Among the multitude of birds this morning were Summer Tanager, Hooded
Warbler and (seen on the road between parking area and marsh at 8:50) a
Blue-Winged Warbler.
> Jack and Frances Alvo
> Directions:
> Park on the north side of the woods on the Waterfront Trail Road which
> runs eastward near the
After a pretty good day birding Pelee, my brother Robert and I decided to
forego checking Hillman Marsh again and headed back to home base in
Kingsville. I thought I'd check out the perimeter of the little woodlot
behind his house, and tiptoed through the empty lot north of his yard, which
is l
Hello All,
Spent a soggy 2 hours ( 11 am - 1 ) at John E. Pearce Provincial Park
today along Lake Erie. Too bad there weren't any others birding to
enjoy it with me! Not the rain but the birds! I wandered
along through the entirety of this petite park, stic
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