Point Pelee Report for May 18 (Tuesday) After last night's rain, things were slow at the Tip once more. Birds reported at the Tip included Blue-winged Warbler, Northern Mockingbird, Canada Warbler, Northern Parula, Blackpoll Warbler, Yellow-throated Vireo, Ruddy Turnstone and Caspian Tern.
A first-year male Kirtland's Warbler was found at 11:00 a.m. yesterday in the middle section of the Woodland Nature Trail (Alfred Adamo). Today the bird was refound and is now singing -- just north of the Visitor Centre on the bike trail, near the Cactus Display. A Summer Tanager was located along the road just north of the tram loop. A non-singing Connecticut Warbler was found in the Tip Loop Woods. Yesterday afternoon a Laughing Gull was at NW Hillman Marsh, within the shorebird habitat pond. Good Birding Friends of Point Pelee John Haselmayer, Dave Martin, Ross Mackintosh, Pete Read, Alan Wormington ************************************************ The Point Pelee National Park Festival of Birds, 2004, runs from May 1 to May 31.Friends of Point Pelee offers 4 to 7 bird hikes per day including evening hikes Wed to Sat. Quest Tours and Bushnell sponsor county bus tours on May 8 and May 15. Visit www.wincom.net/~fopp

