At 10a.m. on May 4 I had a 10-minute look at a roadside American Woodcock on Hall's Rd., about 100m. north of the entry to the north pathway. In the same area a Yellow Warbler had been spotted. On Cranberry Marsh, with a scope you should be able to see Ruddy Ducks among other waterfowl. Earlier in the morning there was very little activity in Thickson's Woods--black-throated green warbler, pine warbler and a lone Golden-crowned Kinglet, among others.
For Hall's Rd., exit the 401 at Salem Rd.(in Ajax), south to Bayly, east through Lakeridge Rd. to the first street (Hall's ), then south. For Thickson's Woods--exit the 401 at Thickson Rd. (in east Whitby), south down to the road that skirts the north edge of the pine forest. Doug Lockrey, Whitby www.pickeringnaturalists.org
