Rondeau Daily Report May15/04 It was a day of contrasts at the park today. Vast stretches of the trails would be nearly devoid of birds and then one would come across a pocket of activity, which provided great birding for those lucky enough to find them. By 4pm today there have been 29 species of warblers reported in the park (Im still hoping for a late Palm to make it 30). Highlights include a Connecticut Warbler on Harrison Road, male Cerulean on Spicebush and a female on South Pt. Trail. The two Yellow-throated Warblers were still to be found in pines at the south end of the park on the South Pt. Trail. They were last seen at 2:45pm but remain quiet and are hard to locate. A Yellow-breasted Chat was reported from the same area. Kentucky Warblers were seen/heard at no fewer than three spots today. The Spicebush, Tulip Tree and South Point Trails all had one. Blacburnian may have been the most common migrant warbler today.
Other birds of interest include an Olive-sided Flycatcher and a Dickcissel on South Point this morning and an Acadian Flycatcher along Harrison Road. 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 of Rondeau Birder in Residence ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat May 15 17:06:04 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from gouda.execulink.net (gouda.execulink.net [199.166.6.56]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2BC6D486C8 for <[email protected]>; Sat, 15 May 2004 17:06:01 -0400 (EDT) Received: from systemone (dsl65.rba1.pppoe.execulink.com [66.203.174.66]) by gouda.execulink.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id i4FL5sL03576 for <[email protected]>; Sat, 15 May 2004 17:05:55 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "A & K Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ontbirds" <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 15 May 2004 17:05:57 -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 6.00.2800.1409 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Subject: [Ontbirds] Re: Piping plover...Wilson's Plover at Hamilton X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 15 May 2004 21:06:04 -0000 After better views with a scope at 3:30 this afternoon, the Piping Plover at Tollgate Ponds appears to be a female Wilson's Plover instead. Aplogies if this has been an inconvenience to anyone. I will post any of my pictures later if they are any good. Ken Ken and Angie Williams 83 Edinburgh Avenue Hamilton, Ontario, L8H 2C6 905 547 8580
