At 3:15 pm John Nishikawa and I had the Laughing Gull on Halls Road (as per Otto Peter's earlier message - Thanks!).
We watched the bird for 5 minutes until it was last seen flying to the east. Thanks, Rob Miller Toronto, Ontario -----Original Message----- From: "Otto Peter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 12:41:42 To:<[email protected]> Subject: [Ontbirds]Laughing gull Halls Road Whitby The adult breeding plumaged Laughing Gull was seen on the west side of Halls Rd in Whitby at noon today (Sunday) in the plowed field about 0.3 kilometers south of Victoria street in among about 10 RBGUs. Can be easily seen with binoculars about 200m away from the road. Darker grey mantle, red bill and black head. DIRECTIONS: Halls Rd runs south off Bayly/Victoria Streets in Whitby (just east of Lakeridge Road), exit off Hwy 401 at Brock STREET (Hwy 12) and head south to Victoria St., turn right/west until you see Halls Rd on the left (after seeing Lynde Shores CA). Otto Peter Oshawa [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdshow.htm ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun May 29 16:20:04 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from mail.kent.net (indoors.kent.net [216.8.139.183]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C343863C9E for <[email protected]>; Sun, 29 May 2005 16:20:03 -0400 (EDT) Received: from waterthrush (dyn216-8-170-25.ADSL.mnsi.net [216.8.170.25]) by mail.kent.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with SMTP id j4TKbgOL019782 for <[email protected]>; Sun, 29 May 2005 16:37:49 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Blake A. Mann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 16:37:39 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2527 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2527 Subject: [Ontbirds]Acadian Flycatcher at Port Franks X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 20:20:04 -0000 Hi All, I birded Pinery and Port Franks today and came across HOODED WARBLERS and an ACADIAN FLYCATCHER in the County Forest at Port Franks. There are several trails with public access (and ATV use!) and these birds can be heard/seen easily from the trails. These birds have been known to breed here in the past. The Acadian Flycatcher was heard on the Tulip Tree Trail in the same area I found one last year. A couple of male Hooded Warblers were seen farther along the trail. I was there at a quiet time of day, so there could be more warblers, as several pairs are known to breed here. At Pinery Park, woodpeckers will put on a good show early in the morning on Riverside Trail. Pairs of Pileated, Red-headed and Red-bellied were seen this morning at the same time along the boardwalk portion. The Pileated had young this year, and are quite vocal. Various possible breeding warblers were seen in the park including Black-and-White, Yellow-rumped, Chestnut-sided, Mourning and Magnolia. Bluebirds seemed to be in large numbers throughout the park today. No Piping Plover today, as there is far too much human disturbance and LOOSE dogs on the beach. Directions: Lambton County Forest at Port Franks is found along Port Franks Road after turning off hwy 21. Watch for small blue signs indicating trails. Tulip Tree Trail is behind the Community Centre--walk across field to far corner on right. ACFL was heard after about a ten minute walk along this trail to the left. Continue to Savannah Trail by making a left. Follow this back to main road south of Com. Centre. Pinery Park is south of Grand Bend on 21. Riverside Trail is found by keeping right along the river once in the park. Blake A. Mann Wallaceburg Chatham-Kent, Ontario boatmannATkentDOTnet
