I found the Black-throated Gray Warbler this morning at about 9:45 a.m. Returned with my camera just 35 minutes later, but remarkably we and others could not relocate it -- even though it wasn't moving around much during the 5+ minutes that I watched it. The bird is a female.
About 6-8 people then did an intensive search with no luck after four solid hours, even though other passerines didn't appear to be going anywhere. However, I just got a call from Steve Pike (2:00 p.m.) who has re-found the bird. It is now just marginally north of the paved Tip train loop, on the west side of the road feeding in the tall trees. This is between the main park road and the West Beach trail (mixed Hackberry, Red Cedars, etc.). This is the third record for Point Pelee (first-ever in spring), the previous two records are . . . 1955 -- September 11 (Willard Schaefer, Horace Dahmer) 1992 -- September 7 (Carolyn Pomarius, Calvin W. Pomarius, Willie C. D'Anna) Alan Wormington, Leamington
