Yesterday's male Woodduck seems to have moved on today; but, the 11 Black-crowned Night Herons continue to be found near the mouth of the Forty Mile Creek.
The baitfish being attracted by the good outflow of the creek have attracted a variety of gulls and terns plus a Common Loon. Directions: Exit the QEW at Christie St. and turn northward on Christie. Turn Rt. at Tim Hortons along Olive St. and 3 blocks eastward. Left on Elizabeth St. Pumphouse park is at the end of the street. Nature trail is at the end of the parking lot. Public washroom available in Pumphouse.. Frank/Sandra Horvath. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Apr 29 18:44:29 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from smtp105.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp105.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.36.83]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6C3AD63903 for <[email protected]>; Fri, 29 Apr 2005 18:44:29 -0400 (EDT) Received: from unknown (HELO doug) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]@24.112.239.100 with login) by smtp105.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 29 Apr 2005 22:57:34 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Doug Lockrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ontbirds" <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 18:57:21 -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] American Bittern, Virginia Rail, Nashville Warbler et al at Thickson's Woods--Apr.29 X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 22:44:29 -0000 As birders await the warbler season a number of good birds were seen on Friday, Apr.29 in the Thickson's Woods confines. In Corbett Creek at the bottom of the east-west road--mid-a.m.--Virginia Rail; 1p.m.--American Bittern, at 3p.m.-Moorhen. The beaver is very active there as well. Within the woods--9a.m.--Nashville Warbler, Pine Warbler, Black-&-white Warbler, many Yellow-rumped Warblers (no sign of the yellow Palm W.), Purple Finch, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, several Winter Wrens among others. Thickson's Woods is at the south end of Thickson Rd. in east Whitby. Doug Lockrey, Whitby www.pickeringnaturalists.org
