There was a female Painted Bunting on the South Point Trail at Rondeau this afternoon. It was originally sighted around 1pm and a quick video clip was brought into the visitor center around 5pm, the bird was then easily found again. it was approximately 150-200m down the trail from the east entrance on the left hand side.
Other reports from today include an unusually high number of Hooded Warbler sightings, with a total of at least 9 being reported at the visitor center. Most were from Tulip Tree Trail, South Point and Spicebush Trails. Cerulean Warblers were seen on Spicebush and Tulip Trails. 4 little gulls were seen flying from the boat launch just inside the park gates. A first summer male Summer Tanager was seen near the park store, which is located less then a kilometer inside the park gates. Good Birding, Ross Wood Directions: from Hi-way 401 take exit 101 (approx. 50 minutes west of London) follow signs south to park. Once in the park to get the the visitor center follow Rondeau rd. straight back until it ends(approx. 8km) then turn left on Gardiner, follow for 1.5km until you reach the VC on the right. ---------------------------------------- Upgrade your account today for increased storage; mail forwarding or POP enabled e-mail with automatic virus scanning. Visit our member benefits page at https://members.canada.com/benefits.aspx for more information. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon May 15 20:58:11 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from mta11.adelphia.net (unknown [68.168.78.205]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DF5763E52 for <ontbirds@hwcn.org>; Mon, 15 May 2006 20:57:55 -0400 (EDT) Received: from attorneyreldvy ([24.54.74.175]) by mta11.adelphia.net (InterMail vM.6.01.05.02 201-2131-123-102-20050715) with SMTP id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <ontbirds@hwcn.org>; Mon, 15 May 2006 20:57:56 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Thomas O'Donnell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ontbirds" <ontbirds@hwcn.org> Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 20:57:54 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 Subject: [Ontbirds]Lark Sparrow, Algonquin May 12 X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 00:58:11 -0000 On Friday, at 10:38 AM, as I was leaving the office at the park's West Gate after obtaining our permit, Susan told me to look under the feeder in the parking lot. Rooting in the pile of debris under the empty feeder were two Chipping Sparrows and an adult Lark Sparrow. She had been watching it for several minutes and we watched it together from about 10 feet for another five minutes when it flew away. We did not see it again. After seeing literally hundreds of them in New Mexico two years ago, this is a bird I never expected to see in Algonquin. I apologize for the delay in posting this, but we have been out of communications until now. It seems likely that the bird has moved on, but one spent almost the entire winter coming to a feeder about 15 miles from our house last winter. Directions: Algonquin Park is three hours north of Toronto, via Highways 400, 11 and 60. Follow the signs, which start in Toronto on Highway 400. From Ottawa, take Highway 17 to Renfrew, then follow Highway 60 to the park. Kilometre markers on Highway 60 in the park go from the West Gate (km 0) to the East Gate (km 56). Thomas M. O'Donnell Susan M. O'Donnell Niagara Falls, New York [EMAIL PROTECTED]
