Last night over ten people showed up at the Visitor's Centre and were not disappointed to hear both the chuck-will's-widow and a whip-poor-will call between 9:20pm and 9:40pm.
This morning, a male and female prothonotary warbler were seen on the Tulip Tree Trail. On the Spice Bush Trail a hooded warbler was seen and off the South Point Trail a surf scoter was reported. A northern mockingbird was seen at Beach Access # 11 and another along the Marsh Trail. During the morning bird hike along the Marsh Trail, both willow flycatcher and alder flycatcher could be heard and seen. One olive-sided flycatcher made an appearance at the second parking lot. 5 American bittern were seen and 1 least bittern was heard along with 15 marsh wren and 2 sedge wren. Only 1 Virginia rail was headr calling. Great Birding in the Rondeau Birding Area Directions: Turn south off Highway 401 at Exit 101 and follow the signs to Rondeau Provincial Park. Bob Knudsen Bird Hike Leader Friends of Rondeau ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat May 21 14:01:53 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from hotmail.com (bay102-f2.bay102.hotmail.com [64.4.61.12]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCF0B63C14 for <ontbirds@hwcn.org>; Sat, 21 May 2005 14:01:52 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sat, 21 May 2005 11:18:23 -0700 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from 64.4.61.200 by by102fd.bay102.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Sat, 21 May 2005 18:18:23 GMT X-Originating-IP: [64.4.61.200] X-Originating-Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "ross snider" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 14:18:23 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-OriginalArrivalTime: 21 May 2005 18:18:23.0568 (UTC) FILETIME=[798DED00:01C55E31] Subject: [Ontbirds]R.N. Phalaropes, Red Knot, PT. Stanley Lagoons X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 18:01:53 -0000 Ontbirders, At noon today, Saturday, there were 2 Red Necked Phalaropes and 1 Red Knot at the Pt. Stanley lagoons. From the east, the Phalaropes were in the 2nd cell and the Knot , along with some Dowithers and Dunlin , were in the 3rd cell. Directions: Pt. Stanley is south of London, on Lake Erie. From the 401 on #4 or Wellington road from London. Thru St. Thomas and upon entering Pt.Stanley turn right on ther Alternate Beach route. Straight thru the stop onto Lake Line, turn right onto Scotch Line and the Lagoons are ahead on the left. Ross Snider R.R 4, Ingersoll, Ontario head on the left.
