On Monday morning, at Toronto's Leslie Street Spit, there was a fallout of
21 warbler species, including one female PRAIRIE WARBLER, two male MOURNING
WARBLERS and one male GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER. Also observed among 103
species were COMMON NIGHTHAWK, AMERICAN WOODCOCK, WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER,
GREAT EGRET, PEREGRINE FALCON, YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER and three female
BOBOLINKS.
The Spit is accessed at the foot of Leslie Street on Toronto's waterfront.
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To linger is liberating.
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Point Pelee Report for May 25 (Tuesday)
The fields north of Point Pelee (to north of Hillman Marsh) are still =
partially flooded, so various gulls and shorebirds continue to put in =
appearances. Shorebirds now peaking include Whimbrel, Black-bellied =
Plover, Ruddy Turnstone, Dunlin, Sanderling, Semipalmated Sandpiper, and =
Semipalmated Plover, etc. Birds found in these flooded fields late =
yesterday included an immature Lesser Black-backed Gull (Concession E =
=3D North Dike Road), almost 1000 Bonaparte's Gulls, 600 Dunlin, =
numerous Ruddy Turnstones, and a flock of Whimbrel.
This morning the Tip was quite active with expected late migrants, =
including both cuckoo species and all of the empidonax flycatchers =
excluding Acadian. Flying overhead was a late Merlin.
Late yesterday a Laughing Gull was observed at the Tip, presumably the =
same bird that has been around all week.
For those interested in butterflies, there has been an excellent =
diversity including Olive Hairstreak, Little Sulphur, Orange Sulphur, =
Common Buckeye, Pipevine Swallowtail, Giant Swallowtail, Monarch, Summer =
Azure, Little Wood-Satyr, American Painted-Lady, etc.
Friends of Point Pelee
John Haselmayer, Dave Martin, Ross Mackintosh, Pete Read, Alan =
Wormington
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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
