Rondeau Daily Report May9/04 Passerines were moving through the park all day. A total of 26 species of warblers were seen with the less common ones including Canada, Wilsons, Hooded, Prothonotary, Cape May and Tennessee. The first Bay-breasted Warblers of the year were reported today with several being seen. Most numerous were Black and White Warblers and Ovenbirds.
Evening birders on the Marsh Trail last night recorded Marsh and Sedge Wren, Sandhill Cranes, and Whip-poor-will. The Friends of Rondeau are sponsoring two guided hikes daily until May 23rd. For more information check out their website www.rondeauprovincialpark.ca David Bree Friends of Rondeau Birder in Residence ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun May 9 16:12:32 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from e450.mnsi.net (e450.mnsi.net [216.8.137.207]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C19E48AC3 for <ontbirds@hwcn.org>; Sun, 9 May 2004 16:12:32 -0400 (EDT) Received: from k (dyn208-28-52-98.win.mnsi.net [208.28.52.98]) by e450.mnsi.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id i49KF1Zj011324 for <ontbirds@hwcn.org>; Sun, 9 May 2004 16:15:01 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "pimuseum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ontbirds" <ontbirds@hwcn.org> Date: Sun, 9 May 2004 16:17:10 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds] Pelee Island Highlights May 9 X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 09 May 2004 20:12:32 -0000 Another reverse migration occurred at Fish Point this morning. One = observer estimated that c. 20,000 birds streamed south off the tip = between 7:30 and 9:00 AM. Among the southbound passerines were Blue = Jays, Indigo Buntings, Scarlet Tanagers, blackbirds, Rose-breasted = Grosbeaks, and 20 species of warblers (mostly Black-and-white and = Nashville, but also several Northern Parulas and Chestnut-sided). Large = numbers of White-crowned Sparrows arrived overnight. Highlights from Fish Point: NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER = (banded by PIBO), PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, and easy-to-see VIRGINIA and = SORA RAILS. Sheridan Point had at least two SUMMER TANAGERS. Rob Tymstra Irena Knezevic Pelee Island Heritage Centre West Dock, Pelee Island, Ontario, N0R 1M0 (519) 724-2291 "pimuseum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----------------------------------------- Cumulative May total for Pelee Island: 167 species ----------------------------------------- There will be daily bird hikes on Pelee Island until May 21. Cost is $5.00 which includes admission to Heritage Centre. Inquire at Centre at = foot of West Dock for times and locations, and details on best birding areas = and current rarities. The Heritage Centre is open from 10 am - 5 pm daily. 519-724-2291. The = foyer contains a 'sightings board' listing May bird sightings (open 24 hours). Lighthouse Point is on the NE corner of the island, Sheridan Point on = the NW corner, Mill Point on the SE corner, and Fish Point on the SW corner, = due south of the West Dock. Pelee Island Bird Observatory (PIBO) continues its daily banding and = census operation. For information about PIBO please contact the Heritage = Centre. The Third Annual Pelee Island Bird Race / Baillie Birdathon will take = place from noon Friday, May 14, to noon, Saturday, May 15. The Springsong Celebration continues Saturday evening with a 'Talk and Dinner' = featuring Alistair MacLeod with an introduction by Margaret Atwood. Special guest birders from Cuba: Orlando Garrido and Arturo Kirkconnell. This year, we = are adding a 'Green' category to the Bird Race: only human-powered or = non-fossil fuel transportation modes are allowed in this category. Pelee Island can be reached by ferry leaving Leamington several times = daily. For times and reservations, call 1-800-661-2220. Pelee Island Heritage Centre West Dock Pelee Island, Ontario, N0R 1M0 (519) 724-2291 From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun May 9 19:15:41 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from web01-imail.rogers.com (web01-imail.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com [66.185.86.75]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F3DA47FA9 for <ontbirds@hwcn.org>; Sun, 9 May 2004 19:15:41 -0400 (EDT) Received: from rogers.com ([65.48.241.21]) by web01-imail.rogers.com (InterMail vM.5.01.05.12 201-253-122-126-112-20020820) with ESMTP id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sun, 9 May 2004 19:17:54 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 09 May 2004 19:18:13 -0400 From: Martin Geleynse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH PLAIN at web01-imail.rogers.com from [65.48.241.21] using ID <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> at Sun, 9 May 2004 19:17:54 -0400 Subject: [Ontbirds] Snowy Owl - Dundalk X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 09 May 2004 23:15:41 -0000 On Saturday May 8, a Snowy Owl was seen perched and hunting from the roof of a house on Hwy 10, a few kilometers south of Dundalk. The bird had obviously been using this perch regularly for a while, since that corner of the roof had a large patch of "white wash". The bird was first observed in the morning and again at about 2:30pm in exactly the same spot. Directions: Take Hwy 10 north from Shelburne towards Dundalk. Continue approximately 1 km past Dufferin Rd 27 (also the road to Corbetton). There is a single brick house on the west (left) side of the road that has a sizable patch of owl droppings on it which should be visible even if the owl isn't Martin Geleynse Ayr
