With the warm weather and southerly winds warblers have been arriving at MacGrgeor Park in great numbers. On a hike this morning we had 7 warblers all firsts for the year, the most common were Yellow-rumped and palm Warblers. Also present were Black-throated Green, Nashville, Blackburnian, Black and White, and numerous Northern Waterthrush. Other birds of note were an Osprey flying over and 3 Broadwing Hawks. White Crowned sparrows have also arrived in great numbers along with White-throated Sparrow.
Directions to MacGregor Park. Take the 4th Conc. west from hwy. #21 south of Port Elgin to the first stop sign. Turn left, south on Lake Range Road and then take the first right at the entrance to the park. travel to the gate house and then to the Visitor Centre, where all the warblers were seen today. Mike Pickup Chair, Huron Fringe Birding Festival HFBF runs from the 27th May to 5th June 2005 Please check Friends website www.friendsofmacgregorpark.org for Festival information starting in January 2005. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat May 7 17:08:57 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from hotmail.com (bay103-f28.bay103.hotmail.com [65.54.174.38]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A0FE64883; Sat, 7 May 2005 17:08:57 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sat, 7 May 2005 14:23:16 -0700 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from 65.54.174.204 by by103fd.bay103.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Sat, 07 May 2005 21:23:16 GMT X-Originating-IP: [65.54.174.204] X-Originating-Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "thomas hayman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected] Date: Sat, 07 May 2005 21:23:16 +0000 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 07 May 2005 21:23:16.0864 (UTC) FILETIME=[FBE41000:01C5534A] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format="flowed" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]white winged dove X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 07 May 2005 21:08:57 -0000 Hi Ontbirders. - was just talking to Mike Malone at Pelee Wings south of Leamington., First Note - nt cormorant was not seen today. Second note - White winged dove is presently being seen across the road from Pelee Wings by many birders. Is coming to feeders adjacent to Pelee Wings. Kowa rep. discovered the bird through his - Kowa scope- of course. Time now is 5:20pm Saturday, May 7th, 2005. Good luck Tom Hayman in London, Ont. Tom Hayman From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat May 7 17:08:58 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from hotmail.com (bay103-f9.bay103.hotmail.com [65.54.174.19]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB80364976; Sat, 7 May 2005 17:08:57 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sat, 7 May 2005 14:23:17 -0700 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from 65.54.174.204 by by103fd.bay103.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Sat, 07 May 2005 21:23:17 GMT X-Originating-IP: [65.54.174.204] X-Originating-Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "thomas hayman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected] Date: Sat, 07 May 2005 21:23:17 +0000 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 07 May 2005 21:23:17.0549 (UTC) FILETIME=[FC4C95D0:01C5534A] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format="flowed" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]white winged dove X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 07 May 2005 21:08:58 -0000 Hi Ontbirders. - was just talking to Mike Malone at Pelee Wings south of Leamington., First Note - nt cormorant was not seen today. Second note - White winged dove is presently being seen across the road from Pelee Wings by many birders. Is coming to feeders adjacent to Pelee Wings. Kowa rep. discovered the bird through his - Kowa scope- of course. Time now is 5:20pm Saturday, May 7th, 2005. Good luck Tom Hayman in London, Ont. Tom Hayman From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat May 7 18:44:55 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from fep7.cogeco.net (smtp.cogeco.net [216.221.81.25]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE40C6461B for <[email protected]>; Sat, 7 May 2005 18:44:55 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mainoffice (d57-191-94.home.cgocable.net [24.57.191.94]) by fep7.cogeco.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 89D55176B for <[email protected]>; Sat, 7 May 2005 18:59:15 -0400 (EDT) From: "Cheryl Edgecombe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 7 May 2005 18:59:19 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Subject: [Ontbirds] HNC Rare Bird Report - Worm-eating Warbler, Fifty Point C.A. X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 07 May 2005 22:44:56 -0000 This afternoon at 12:00 p.m. a Worm-eating Warbler was located at Fifty Point Conservation Area along the creek that runs down the middle of the park near the large pond where the fishing pond is. The bird was seen high in the trees at 3:30 p.m. just north of a small bridge which crosses over the creek on the east side of the pond in the willows which border the pond. There were also a good variety of warblers here including Ovenbird, Nashville, Black & White, Blackburnian, Black-throated Blue and Yellow-rumped Warblers. Fifty Point Conservation Area Take QEW Niagara to Fifty Road. Head toward the lake and take the North Service Road around to the first road which branches off left (sorry forgot the name). There is a sign here pointing to the Conservation Area. Enter the Fifty Point C.A. Once in the park, take the road to your right hand side and you will see the large fish pond infront of you. There is a road which runs along the east edge of this pond. Down toward the lake (north) is where we had the bird in the large willows which line the fish pond area and along the creek. Good luck. Cheryl Edgecombe
