Cool winds and dull skies kept many of the birds quite today but dedicated birders visiting the park were able to track down a respectable list by days end. Seen were 17 warbler species including Cerulean and Kentucky. First warblers for the year included Cape May, Tennessee, and Magnolia.
Other interesting birds were Solitary Sandpipers in the Bennett Road slough, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Least Flycatcher, Indigo Bunting and Rusty Blackbird. Also many of the typically Carolinian resident birds are setting up territories now. Red-bellied and Red-headed Woodpeckers are easy to see while Carolina Wren, Tufted Titmouse, and White-eyed Vireos require more work/luck to find. 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 Birder in residence ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat May 1 17:18:52 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from tomts5-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts5.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.25]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3549C47F68 for <[email protected]>; Sat, 1 May 2004 17:18:52 -0400 (EDT) Received: from D92F1Y11 ([206.172.96.20]) by tomts5-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.05 201-253-122-130-105-20030824) with SMTP id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <[email protected]>; Sat, 1 May 2004 17:20:00 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Stephen O'Donnell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ontbirds" <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 1 May 2004 17:19:56 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2720.3000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2727.1300 Subject: [Ontbirds] 10 spp's of warblers Sundridge X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Stephen O'Donnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 01 May 2004 21:18:52 -0000 Today in my yard there were well over 200 Yellow-rumped Warblers, many Palm Warblers(6 together at once), small numbers of Nashville and Pine Warblers. Other Warbler species noted included Black-throated Green, Black-throated-blue, Black and White, Cape May, Chestnut-sided as well as Magnolia. Also present were large numbers of Ruby-crowned Kinglets and small numbers of Blue-headed Vireos. Stephen O'Donnell Sundridge, ON
