Rondeau Daily Report May7/04 Lots of warblers today (18 in total), all the common ones were found throughout, though the Spicebush Trail, Bennett Rd. and South Point Trail (west side) were the best. No rarities were reported but of the less common warblers there were Blue-winged, Yellow-breasted Chat and Prothonotary. The latter were seen in several areas today but they are not yet singing. First reports for the year were the American Redstart and Canada Warbler and there are still lots of Yellow-rumps moving through. Interestingly many of the warblers were feeding low by the afternoon which gave sore neck muscles a break!
Other birds of note were Mockingbird, Lincoln Sparrow, Clay-coloured Sparrow, Green Heron and Grey-cheeked Thrush. 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] Fri May 7 18:55:49 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 331294864F for <ontbirds@hwcn.org>; Fri, 7 May 2004 18:55:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: from rogers.com ([69.195.32.58]) by web01-imail.rogers.com (InterMail vM.5.01.05.12 201-253-122-126-112-20020820) with ESMTP id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Fri, 7 May 2004 18:57:42 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 07 May 2004 18:57:52 -0400 From: Theresa Dobko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-GB; rv:0.9.4) Gecko/20011128 Netscape6/6.2.1 X-Accept-Language: en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH PLAIN at web01-imail.rogers.com from [69.195.32.58] using ID <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> at Fri, 7 May 2004 18:57:38 -0400 Subject: [Ontbirds] Clay-coloured Sparrow at Toronto Necropolis X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 May 2004 22:55:49 -0000 While birding the Toronto Necropolis and Riverdale Farm today both myself and Marilyn Murphy independently found a Clay-coloured Sparrow, then found each other later in the afternoon, birded together and relocated the bird again just before 6 p.m. The Necropolis is open from about 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Also about 8 species of warblers between the Farm and the Necropolis. The birding was quite good late in the afternoon. Directions: To reach the Necropolis and the Riverdale Farm, in Toronto, take Parliament Street north from the Lakeshore Blvd. etc. to Winchester Street. Drive east along Winchester Street to the very end and park on the north side of the street or in the Necropolis itself (please pull off to the side to let other cars pass if parking in the Necropolis). The Riverdale Farm is just to the south of the Necropolis. The Clay-coloured sparrow was foraging on the ground on its own on both sides of the main entry driveway in the Necropolis. Walk in only a few yards and try the section to your left from the Chapel to Winchester Street or to the right of the driveway all the way along and past the garden shed area. The bird was seen in both areas. Theresa Dobko [EMAIL PROTECTED]
