Hi Fellow Birders, We spent the last four days in Pinary Park and area. Birding was at its best. The greatest location was Riverside Trail where we saw a nesting (coming out and going into a hole of a snag) Pileated Woodpecker. At the same location a pair of Red-headed Woodpeckers were working on a nest hole so were a pair of Red-bellied Woodpeckers. We observed the Red-bellied Woodpeckers and a pair of Common Flickers mating. All of this observation took place on a 100 meters stretch of the boardwalk of the Riverside Trail. You can spend the whole morning and late afternoon at that spot, just watching the Woodpeckers. We found fourteen species of Warblers in the park. Some of the best were Hooded Warbler, Mourning Warbler, Canada Warbler and Blackburnian Warbler. Other notable birds were: Yellow-throated Vireo, Tufted Titmouse, adult Bald Eagle flying along the channel, Black-billed Cuckoo, Great Horned Owl harassed by at least twenty Am. Crows, and an Olive-sided Flycatcher. There were a lots of Great-crested Flycatchers, Eastern Towhees, and a good number of Scarlet Tanagers and Rose-breasted Grosbeaks in the park. We covered Riverside Trail several times, and also Wilderness Trail, Hickory Trail and Nipissing Trail. The total bird species for the park was way over seventy. Great Place.
Have a great birding: Karl and Marienna Egressy www.kegressy.com PS: The nearby Grand Bend Sewage Lagoon was very low in Shorebirds and Ducks. Ipperwash Beach had no shorebirds this time, however, driving towards the beach we saw a perching Broad-winged Hawk and a low flying Red-shouldered Hawk. Direction: Pinary Provincial Park is located about fifteen km South of the city of Grand Bend along HW. 21, Lambton County.
