It was a cold, windy and overcast long weekend at the cottage (Nogie's Creek, near Bobcaygeon, ON). Our pair of Great crested Flycatchers returned to nest in our Purple Martin house, and we had a pair of House Wrens scouting out a new box put out this year, and many barn swallows nesting in the boathouse. Warblers seen were: Black and White, Black-throated Green, Magnolia, Yellow, Common Yellowthroat. Other species of note: Red-eyed Vireo, Warbling Vireo. Ruby-throated Hummingbirds were using the feeder regularly and many White Throated and White Crowned Sparrows about.
Bobcaygeon is on Hwy 36, 1/2 hour west of Lindsay. Nogie's Creek is north of Bobcaygeon off of Hwy 36. Jennifer Dow London From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu May 26 08:33:24 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from frodo.csolve.net (frodo.csolve.net [207.164.81.3]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BAB4064AF2 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 26 May 2005 08:33:24 -0400 (EDT) Received: from barrie-dialport-216.209.18.12.csolve.net ([216.209.18.12] helo=WS10) by frodo.csolve.net with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1DbHoW-000BlW-7S for [email protected]; Thu, 26 May 2005 08:50:29 -0400 From: "Wye Marsh Research" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 08:38:26 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.6353 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1478 Thread-Index: AcVcnYPJXDHFvwDRQFCG/7ngVeC2+AFUjGBg Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]sightings for Wye Marsh--April 25-May 19 X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 12:33:25 -0000 This failed when I first tried to send it.sending it again, more bird reports to follow for the last few days. Hi everyone, It's been a busy spring so far setting up for research and actually getting out into the field.as far as sightings in the last little while go, lots of common moorhens, pied billed grebes, sora rails calling in Preston cell at the West end of the valley, and a new heronry (GB herons).one nest I believe was seen last year, this year there are 11 structures, with at least 6 nests with herons sitting, and more nests currently being built. At this end (east) of the marsh, we have a first; a confirmed sandhill crane nest with 2 eggs. The pair was observed in the past several weeks as unwilling to leave the area, and upon searching for the nest, the female flew up only a few feet ahead of me.she was well hidden! Monday, May 16 we observed a Lincoln's sparrow along one of the ski trails, and saw the sandhill crane flying out in the marsh. (This spring they've been observed quite a bit!) Tuesday, May 17, someone else observed 3 least bitterns in a beaver pond on the property...calls have also been heard around the marsh this spring. Yesterday, May 18, I observed a male bobolink.the first I'd seen in the marsh. The T swans were very active yesterday, 1 pair in the sanctuary has nested and are currently incubating, the other pair that usually nests within the sanctuary hasn't nested yet, but we may see something yet, as they're generally late nesters. Also heard a hermit thrush in the woods. Sorry for the delay in getting these bird sightings out to everyone.it's been a busy spring!! I'll be more up to date from now on. :-) Julie Kee Research Assistant Wye Marsh Wildlife Centre Take highway 12 east from hwy 400, continue towards Midland. It's on the left hand side just before the town limits, right across from Martyr's shrine.
