The chuck-will's-widow was heard again last night south of the Visitor's Centre. It sang from 9:15 pm to 9:35 pm. A male and female prothonotary warbler have been putting on a show along both boardwalks along the Tulip Tree Trail this morning.
Two semi-palmated plover were seen on the beach along South Point Trail today. A male Tennessee warbler was heard singing nearby. Other notable birds have been one white-eyed vireo, 2 Philadelphia vireo, 2 Canada warbler, chestnut-sided warbler, blue-winged warbler and one bay- breasted warbler along the Tulip Tree Trail. Great Birding in the Rondeau Area Directions: Turn south off Highway 401 at Exit 101 and follow the signs to Rondeau. Bob Knudsen Bird Hike Leader Friends of Rondeau ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu May 19 10:42:23 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from beaver.pch.gc.ca (beaver.pch.gc.ca [198.103.196.130]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9EF0649D7 for <ontbirds@hwcn.org>; Thu, 19 May 2005 10:42:22 -0400 (EDT) Received: from fisher.pch.gc.ca by beaver.pch.gc.ca via smtpd (for [199.212.94.68]) with ESMTP; Thu, 19 May 2005 10:58:34 -0400 Received: from EHULSMTP01.in.pch.gc.ca (ehulsmtp01.in.pch.gc.ca [167.33.1.48]) by fisher.pch.gc.ca (8.12.9/8.12.9) with SMTP id j4JEwXhK023127 for <ontbirds@hwcn.org>; Thu, 19 May 2005 10:58:33 -0400 (EDT) Received: From pp-vrc-multi.apca.gc.ca ([167.33.142.37]) by EHULSMTP01.in.pch.gc.ca (WebShield SMTP v4.5 MR1a P0803.345); id 1116514711178; Thu, 19 May 2005 10:58:31 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 5.0.8 June 18, 2001 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 10:58:28 -0400 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on PP-VRC-MULTI/SVR/PC/CA(Release 6.5|September 26, 2003) at 05/19/2005 10:58:31 AM MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Subject: [Ontbirds]Point Pelee Report for May 19, 2005 (Thursday) X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 14:42:23 -0000 Point Pelee Report for May 19, 2005 (Thursday) Birders have been finding the birding slow but steady. Pockets of birds have been found throughout the Park. One pocket seems to be at Tilden's Woods where there are many warbler species including a Prothonotary Warbler, near the boardwalk area. Also found on the seasonal trail just north of there was an Acadian Flycatcher. Migrants, especially warblers, such as Canada Warbler were reported from Sanctuary Picnic area. A Blue-winged Warbler was reported from the tip. An Olive-sided Flycatcher was reported from north of the Sparrow Field. An Eastern Bluebird was flying along the road, south of the half-way tram stop. A late Pine Warbler was found in the White Pine picnic area. A Cerulean Warbler was reported from just south of the Centre, along the Woodland Nature Trail. The early morning walk had about 12 species of warbler among other migrants along the road, including several Blackpoll and many Bay-breasted Warblers. Yesterday's sightings include the following: Kopegaron Woods had many migrants including Summer Tanager (female), Cerulean Warbler (female), and numerous Blackpoll, Bay-breasted and Blackburnian Warblers. At NW Hillman Marsh (shorebird cell) there were at least (7) Little Gulls (varioius plumages), Wilson's Phalarope (5), Whimbrel (4) and many other shorebirds including Black-bellied Plover and Short-billed Dowitcher. Good Birding, Friends of Point Pelee John Haselmayer, Karl Konze, Ross Mackintosh, Dave Martin, Pete Read and Alan Wormington **************************** Point Pelee National Park of Canada and the Friends of Point Pelee brings you the Festival of Birds 2005, from April 30 - May 31. The Friends of Point Pelee offers daily birding hikes, including evening hikes from Wednesday to Saturday to May 21. Quest Nature Tours and Bushnell Performance Optics sponsor County Bus Tours on May 7 & 14. First Annual Fundraising Dinner, Friday, May 13 with guest speaker, Chris Earley. Visit www.pc.gc.ca/pelee or email [EMAIL PROTECTED] for more information. *********************************************
