[Ontbirds]Point Pelee Park Migration Report for May 18, 2005

The continued southerly flow of air movement continues to bring migrants to Pelee. Birding is slow but steady. At the tip, the Lesser Black-backed Gull continues to be seen. Fly-bys included Whimbrel, and a report of two Harlequin Ducks. There was a small "reverse migration" with Indigo Bunti

[Ontbirds]Pelee Island bird sightings for May 18 2005

Pelee Island Heritage Centre West Dock Pelee Island, Ontario, N0R 1M0 (519) 724-2291 Today's Highlights:PIBO banding station at Fishpoint reported a slow day, however they banded a Lincoln's Sparrow, their second Gray- cheeked Thrush, their first Mourning Warbler, and their first Yellow-bellied

[Ontbirds]Yellow-throated Vireo, Gnatcatcher, Etobicoke

There was a tremendous number of birds around this morning, definitely the best day in terms of numbers this year to date. Highlights were a BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER and a YELLOW-THROATED VIREO. New arrivals included BAY-BREASTED WARBLER (actually first recorded yesterday), NORTHERN PARULA, and EAS

[Ontbirds]Acadian & Olive-sided Flycatcher at Little River

The Ganatchio Trail and Little River area in east Windsor continue to be productive. Today's highlights included an Acadian Flycatcher along the oxbow (thanks David McNorton for that term) and a preening Olive-sided Flycatcher near the toboggan hill, showing off his white tufts. Also saw a Bla

[Ontbirds]Mourning, possible Prairie among 23 warbler species in Thickson's--May 18

All day long on Wed., May 18, Thickson's Woods trees and understorey were "dripping" with birds, many of which were very close. Counting a possible PRAIRIE there were 23 warbler species, highlights being MOURNING, CANADA, WILSON'S, CAPE MAY, NORTHERN PARULA, TENNESSEE, BAY-BREASTED, BLACKPOLL, OVEN

[Ontbirds]Bruce Region report

It's a beautiful day in the county and the birds are quite happy after the past cool and dreary week. I ran into birders everywhere I went today. One group of birders had excellent views of a Peregrine this morning - it was low enough to clearly see that the crop was very full. Thrush numbe

[Ontbirds]Chuck-will's-widow at Rondeau & Whimbrel at Wheatley

On Monday May 17th a group of birders were treated to the sounds of both chuck- will's-widow and whip-poor-will calling simultaneously from south of the Visitor's Centre. This morning, May 18th at Wheatley Provincial Park, a fly-by of 4 whimbrel was the best bird tallied for the Norman Chesterf

[Ontbirds]Backyard birds in Oshawa

What a pleasure to sit in the family room and watch the various birds in my backyard. This afternoon there were cardinals, bluejays, lots of goldfinches, a ruby-throated hummingbird, an indigo bunting, a baltimore oriole, but perhaps most notable was a yellow variant house finch. That bird h