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 Friends of Point Pelee Hike Leaders.
Point Pelee National Park Migration Update for: May 11, 2012 It is a bright and sunny day for birding at Point Pelee today, with modest winds out of the west. A total of 25 warbler species have been reported from various locations in the Park as of 11:30 a.m. Highlights in the area of the Tip included: a first of year Alder Flycatcher just south of the boardwalk area of the Tip Trail, Gray-cheeked Thrush in various locations, Blue-winged Warbler where the main Tip Trail turns to the west, and Wilson’s Warbler 100 metres north of the tram stop on the West Beach Trail. There is an un-confirmed report of a female Blue Grosbeak just north of the tram stop. Savannah Sparrows seemed to have come in overnight and were common in the Tip area, and included a single “nevadensis” race that sat patiently while it was identified. The Woodland Nature Trail was fairly active today. The male and female Prothonotary Warblers were taking moss into a prospective nest hole just north of the south-east bridge. Both a Golden-winged Warbler and a ”Brewster’s” Warbler were observed near Post 16 with a Canada Warbler elsewhere on the trail. Black-billed Cuckoo was observed on the north end of the Redbud Trail with additional sightings of the same species at the intersection of the Shuster and Tilden Trails and a pair was observed on the east side of the Anders Footpath on the FOPP twilight hike on May 10th. A Marsh Wren was on the Woodland Nature Trail just south of the Visitor’s Centre. A report has just come in of a Worm-eating Warbler from the north side of the Botham Trail just south of the Visitor’s Centre and has been confirmed by the FOPP hike leaders. Highlight birds from the Shuster Trail north of the Visitor’s Centre include a Sora on the Shuster Trail just west of the bridge at the east end of the trail, Blackpoll Warblers on the East Beach south of the Shuster Trial. Good Birding, Hike Leaders: Pete, Karl, Todd, Justin, John, Ellen, and Alvan FESTIVAL OF BIRDS May 3 through May 21, 2012 Point Pelee National Park of Canada and Friends of Point Pelee For more information on the festival and archived Point Pelee Migration Reports, please check our www.festivalofbirds.ca FOLLOW the park on Twitter.com/PointPeleeNP<file:///E:/Point%20Pelee%20Migration%20Update%20-%20Template.doc> -- Janice Rogers, General Manager Friends of Point Pelee "Our Point is Pelee" www.friendsofpointpelee.com 519-326-6173 "Like" us on Facebook _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
