Rondeau Daily Report May22/04 After the big rain ended at 8am there was a burst of song. Most were resident birds but there are still migrants slipping through the leaves. Wilson and Canada may have been the most common migrant warblers but Blackpoll, Mourning, Black-throated Green, Tennessee, Blackburnian, Magnolia, a late Nashville all had singing males and there was female Bay-breasted too.
Other passerines of interest included 2 and maybe 3 singing White-eyed Vireos, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Philadelphia Vireo, and a Mockingbird along South Pt. Trail. The Chuck-Wills-Widow was heard singing this morning at 5:15AM about 1km south of the Visitor Centre on the South Pt. Trail. A woodcock and baby have been seen a couple of times walking across Lakeshore Road so drive with caution! The Friends of Rondeau are sponsoring two guided hikes daily until May 23rd. For more information on events and details on migration check out their website: www.rondeauprovincialpark.ca ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat May 22 21:41:52 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Received: from tomts20-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts20.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.74]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DAB27481C3 for <ontbirds@hwcn.org>; Sat, 22 May 2004 21:41:51 -0400 (EDT) Received: from sympatico.ca ([209.226.248.191]) by tomts20-srv.bellnexxia.netESMTP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <ontbirds@hwcn.org>; Sat, 22 May 2004 21:42:53 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 21:43:30 -0400 From: Jim Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en]C-SYMPA (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en,fr-CA MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ontbirds@hwcn.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Ontbirds] Whimbrels, Marbled Godwit and Piping Plover @ Second Marsh, Oshawa X-BeenThere: ontbirds@hwcn.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 01:41:52 -0000 After several attempts, over the last couple of days, to see Whimbrels at Second Marsh in Oshawa I was finally successful late this afternoon (1730 hrs). I first saw them from the east platform looking to the southwest corner of the marsh. As I don't have a scope I walked south along the trail to the beach and then west along the beach to the pumphouse to get a better view. There were 34 Whimbrels standing on the mud flats. I was watching 2 of them feeding off to one side when they took flight. As they were flying I discovered 1 Marbled Godwit flying off to the side. (The light coloured underwing really stood out). The Whimbrels circled the marsh and flew off to the north but the Godwit circled again and landed to feed with 4 Short-Billed Dowitchers. As I walked out to get a better view I spotted the Piping Plover on a small rocky outcropping in the Marsh no more than 30' away. I watched the Plover feeding for about 20 minutes. The only time it sat down was when the resident Peregrine Falcon took flight. This is a different Plover than was reported on May 11 by Dan Kaczynski, as this Plover has two legs bands on the left leg. (Lower - Silver, Upper - Dark). As I left the marsh, the Godwit was still feeding on the east side of the marsh near the viewing tower. Directions - Exit the 401 at Harmony Rd in Oshawa (Exit 419) and go south on Farewell St. to Colonel Sam Drive. Go east on Colonel Sam Drive to the parking lot at the GM office building. The parking lot is west of the building and just follow the trail to the east platform. Jim Dixon Port Perry (905) 718-5363
