*Friends of Point Pelee provide guided birding hikes throughout the Festival of Birds at Point Pelee National Park of Canada. Proceeds from hikes support the Friends of Point Pelee and Point Pelee National Park. This submitted report is a service of the FoPP Hike Leaders.*
* * *Point Pelee National Park Migration Update for May 8, 2010: * A blustery day with 60 km/h winds and intermittent light rain greeted the Park this morning. Still, birds were busy about foraging. The morning’s highlight was a singing male YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER at the corner of Shuster Trail and Tilden Woods Trail. A mixed bag of others, including BLACK-THROATED BLUE, NASHVILLE, and BLACKBURNIAN warblers, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, and RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, were also found along Tilden’s. Along the bike trail south of Dunes parking lot, CAPE MAY WARBLER, NORTHERN PARULA and BAY-BREASTED WARBLER were also observed. In addition to some of these species, Woodland Trail also produced BLACK-THROATED GREEN, BLACK-AND-WHITE, YELLOW-RUMPED and CHESTNUT-SIDED warblers and AMERICAN REDSTART. A BREWSTER’S WARBLER was reported on Woodland Trail between Posts 18 and 19. A PEREGRINE FALCON was sighted from the Woodland Trail. At the Tip, besides the massive surf, birders reported a BLACK TERN. Five species of swallow were seen grounded on or milling about the beach at the Tip. RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were reported from the Tip, and from the southern swamp section of the Woodland Trail. Outside the Park today, a SNOWY EGRET was reported at Muddy Creek, accompanied by three GREAT EGRETS. Good Birding, Hike Leaders Pete, Karl, Todd, Justin, Marianne, John and Jeremy FESTIVAL OF BIRDS MAY 1 THROUGH MAY 16, 2010 Point Pelee National Park of Canada and Friends of Point Pelee For more information on the festival, please check out friendsofpointpelee.com<https://mail.google.com/mail/html/compose/static_files/Point%20Pelee%20Migration%20Update%20-%20Template.doc> FOLLOW US ON Twitter.com/PointPeleeNP<https://mail.google.com/mail/html/compose/static_files/Point%20Pelee%20Migration%20Update%20-%20Template.doc> _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list ONTBIRDS@hwcn.org For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
