Anticipating a glimpse of the semi-regular spring of Whimbrel on the May
24th weekend along the north shore of Lake Ontario I spent a couple of hours
starting at 5:15 am on the peninsula. When I arrived large numbers were
resting on the rocks of both peninsulas, possibly from an overnight flight,
and for next hour flocks of various sizes continued to fly over, most at
fairly high altitudes, some being up to km or more off shore (the beauty of
15x binoculars). The last two flocks were seen around 7:15 am and I left
the area around 8:30 am. My final total was a remarkable 2,643 which may be
some kind of local record!!!
The park is located along the shore of Lake Ontario in sw Toronto ... and
is located at then end of road which is a continuation of Kipling Avenue
(mid-way between Brown's Line and Islington) ... of these, only Islington
can be accessed off the QEW. After crossing Lakeshore proceed south jogging
slightly west then south around the old power plant; park at the parkings at
the end of the road and take the path that runs directly south off the
cul-de-sac.
Wayne Renaud
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Subject: [Ontbirds]21 Varieties of Warblers at Prince Edward Pt.
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Hello Birders:
I was surprised to find 21 varieties of warblers and 4 varieties of =
vireos at Prince Edward Pt. this morning,=20
Monday, May 23rd. =20
The vireos were: warbling, yellow throated, red eyed and philadelphia.
The warblers were: parula, tennessee, blue winged, nashville, yellow, =
magnolia, chestnut sided, black throated blue, blackburnian, yellow =
rumped, black throated green, Prairie (female), Pine(Late!), blackpoll, =
bay breasted, black & white, american redstart, ovenbird, common =
yellowthroat, wilsons, canada.=20
There were not that many in number but it was nice to see the variety.
Regards
Lloyd Paul
Directions to Prince Edward Point: 401 to Belleville, Hwy. 62 to hwy. 33 =
to Picton; Hwys 8 to 17 to 16 to 13
(Black River) and then 13 through South Bay to Prince Edward Point.
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Subject: [Ontbirds]Eurasian Wigeon & Peregrine Falcon
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My nephew Justin and I spent the afternoon birding Amherstview Sewage
Lagoons and Canoe Lake Road. Highlights include 1 EURASIAN WIGEON and 1
PEREGRINE FALCON at the lagoons and nineteen species of warblers along the
Canoe Lake Road including 2 LOUISIANNA WATERTHRUSHES, 4 CERULEAN WARBLERS 1
BLACKPOLL WARBLER and 1 CANADA WARBLER. Despite the cool and strong
northeast winds, we still reached our target of 100 species for the day.
Good Birding
Bruce Ripley
613-384-6392
Amherstview, Ont.
Directions to Amherstview Sewage Lagoon - Ontario Road Atlas, MapArt
Publishing [Pg. 36, D55]
>From Hwy. 401 take exit 593 (County Road 4, Camden East) south ( 8.5 km) on
County Road 4 to Taylor-Kidd Blvd. Turn left (east) and follow Taylor-Kidd
Blvd. (6.5 km) to County Road 6. Continue east on Taylor-Kidd (.8 km), and
watch for a lane on your right after crossing railway overpass. This is the
entrance to the lagoon. If you're coming from Amherst Island, turn right
onto highway 33 and then left on county Road 4. Continue north (1.5 km) and
turn right (east) onto Taylor-Kidd Blvd.
Directions to Canoe Lake Road - Ontario Road Atlas, MapArt Publishing [Pg.
36, A55,56, Z56]
Canoe Lake Road is about a forty minute drive north from Kingston. Take
exit 613 (Sydenham Rd.) north from Hwy. 401 to the end. Turn left on County
Road 5 and drive to the first right turn just before the High School.
Follow County Road 19 until you reach Canoe Lake Road and drive slowly
listening for birds.
