This morning Alex Mills found a Kentucky Warbler in Barrie. He heard the bird singing infrequently and had brief/lousy views of it. A few hours later I had two brief, but decent, looks at the bird. The bird did not sing during the entire time I was there (about 45 minutes; two trips about an hour apart). It foraged within 1 m of the ground, was very shy and kept in the deep cover of the riparian thickets.
The warbler was seen and heard at the small, wooden footbridge on the recreational trail that goes south of Ardagh Road. The trail begins about 100 metres east of Wildflower Court and the bridge is about 100 m south of Ardagh Road. It was seen/heard at the wooden footbridge and up to 100 m downstream (south) of it, along the trails to the east and west of the small creek. There is no parking on Ardagh Road, but there is limited parking on Wildflower Court. If you try for this bird, please be respectful of the local residents and do not block their driveways. If traveling on Hwy. 400, take the Essa Road exit (94) and go SW on Essa Road, about 300 m to Ardagh Road. Turn right (north) onto Ardagh Road. Wildflower Court is about 2.8 km from Essa Road, on the south side of Ardagh Road. According to eBird, there are no previous reports of Kentucky Warbler in Simcoe County, so this is a gooder. Thanks Alex!! ***************************** Burke Korol Barrie, ON _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
