Birders!!!
This is an updated report from Dean Ware.
The sub adult Tricolored Heron was still hanging out in the Hillman
Shorebird Cell as of 9:00 am this morning. (Wednesday) . I encourage
everyone to drop what they are doing and come out to see this
beautiful bird!! Go now!! LOL
Good Birding,
Marianne Reid
Directions:
From either Leamington or Wheatley, take County Road 37 south from
Talbot Trail (Old #3) for about 5km until you see the Hillman Marsh
sign.
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Subject: [Ontbirds]Tricolored Heron at Hillman Marsh
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I didn't figure to be posting any more sightings until the fall, but the
wonderful spring birding in Essex County continues, and I anticipate more
good finds now -- a Western Kingbird perhaps?
To update Marianne's update . . . thanks to Dean, my brother Robert and I
were able to relocate the Tricolored Heron in the EXTREME SOUTHEAST corner
of the shorebird cell. The bird can be amazingly difficult to find when it's
in the corn stubble, but there is some open water, and we were lucky to find
it foraging away from the vegetation. But as Dean points out, the bird is
not very tolerant of "close" approaches -- it seems to like birders to be
far enough away that a scope is absolutely essential. We left it in the
company of a Great Egret at about 11:15 a.m. One may luck out and find it
closer to the north end, near the benches, or at least visible from there,
but if there seems to be no sign of it, just make up your mind to hike out
to the far southeast corner and I would say you're sure to pick it out en
route. It's well worth the long walk at any rate.
There were also a dozen or so White-rumped Sandpipers present.
Best of luck, Randy Horvath Windsor, Ontario
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Directions:
From either Leamington or Wheatley, take County Road 37 south from
Talbot Trail (Old #3) for about 5 km until you see the Hillman Marsh
sign. Pay your entrance fee (!) , park in the lot, and follow the path south
to the shorebird cell.
