Yesterday, Wednesday, May 23, Jack Romanow and I completed a "big day" in the
Ottawa-Gatineau area, ranging as far east as Alfred. Birding was excellent (as
was the weather!), and we managed to find 140 species. Highlights included:
- Snow Goose (1) - Alfred Lagoons
- Brant (12) - On the Otta
Today, May 24 at 1:15, I biked down to Port Stanley to see if there were any
Whimbrel. I first counted 47 Whimbrel on the break wall. After watching for
10 mins. another small group flew in. I'm not sure how many there were
altogether as some were on the opposite side of the break wall where I
Greetings,
I had a female Summer Tanager at the observation tower on the Delaurier
trail, Point Pelee Park at 2:00 p.m. today, May 24th. The bird was
travelling in the directing of the parking lot.
Point Pelee is on the shore of Lake Erie near Leamington.
cheers,
Claude Radley
Greetings Ontbirders,
This morning I visited Presqu'ile to check on the shorebird situation
and was amazed to find four roadkilled Dunlin at 0630h on the
causeway bridge leading into Presqu'ile. There is no exposed mud or
other habitat for the birds in the adjacent marsh, and I can only
WEEKLY BIRD REPORT FROM PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY AND THE QUINTE AREA FOR THE
WEEK ENDING Thursday, May 24, 2007
A fabulous Birding Festival Week from May 12th ended on the 19th with a
KENTUCKY WARBLER skulking along in some tangles beneath a grove of white
cedars beside the Prince Edward Point Bir
The preliminary number of Whimbrel for C. Samuel Smith Park and Marie
Curtis Park has been raised to 3092 with addition of the flock of 200 seen
by David Hallette around 2:00 p.m. in CSSP. This number combined with Chery
Edgecombe's 175+ seen at Saddington Park at the mouth of the Credit River
Hi All
Further to Mike Cowlard's note today, my Mother, Anne
Smout saw over 50 Whimbrel on the breakwater in Port
Stanley harbour tonight after 6pm.
Good Birding,
Ellen Smout
London, Ontario
Port Stanley Harbour: Wellington Rd South from the 401
to Port Stanley, when you get to the water look o
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On Thursday, May 24th, 2007, this is the HNC birding report:
WHIMBREL
CERULEAN WARBLER
CONNECTICUT WARBLER
Ring-necked Pheasant
Ruffed Grouse
American Bittern
Great Egret
Green Heron
Osprey
Virginia Rail
Sora
Common Moorhen
Semipalmated Plover
Upland Sandpiper
Ruddy Turnstone
Dunlin
American Woo
The KFN did their annual spring roundup this past weekend and tallied 167
species. There were lots of warblers and vireos though nothing rare. The
shorebird migration was evident but not really in high gear; maybe this
week. Highlights included a pair of Least Bitterns "singing" a duet in
Collin's
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