Birders,
Today (4-27) at Point Pelee I had 6 species of warbler:
Northern Waterthrush - 1 (Shooster Trail west of trail to Tildens) (with
Fred Urie who magically produced it with one spish!)
Common Yellowthroat - 1 (Shooster Trail near East Beach)
Palm Warbler - 3 (1-Loop Woods, 2-DeLaurier)
Black-throated Green Warbler - 2 (1-Redbud Trail, 1-west of Visitor Centre)
Yellow Warbler -3 (1-south of Sparrow Field, 1-east of Visitor Centre,
1- Shooster Trail near East Beach)
Yellow-rumped Warbler - ~25 (mostly east Loop Woods, Visitor Centre, and
Tildens).
All these warbler species were singing and/or calling.
Highlights seen/heard by other observers but not me :-[ include
Louisiana Waterthrush, Black-and-white Warbler (I think I need to start
running with Fred!), and Orchard Oriole all at various points along the
Woodland Trail.
Blessings,
Michael Carlson
Royal Oak, MI
Directions to Point Pelee National Park: From downtown Leamington,
proceed south on Erie Street to Seacliff Road, and turn left. Go approx.
1 km (passing several factories on your right) to the road after Seneca
Road, and turn right. You will pass a church, a golf course, a big bend,
a motel, and then up over a small bridge, past Pelee Wings Nature Store,
a bunch of cottages, Paula's Fish Place, another bend, and more
cottages. Stay on this winding road to the entrance gate at Point Pelee.
Continue straight past the gate through a number of bends and turns to a
90 degree left turn marked by a sign that says Visitor Centre or Visitor
Parking Lot. Turn left and park in the large, paved parking lot. To
reach Tilden Woods take the Shooster Trail at the northeast corner of
the paved parking lot northeast of the Visitor Centre to the first
intersection and turn left; going straight at this intersection will
take you to East Beach; the road west and south of the Visitor Centre
leads to a boardwalk and footpath to the tip. East and north of the
boardwalk trailhead to the tip is the old tram loop, which is referred
to as Loop Woods. DeLaurier is a picnic area north of the old
maintenance area and opposite Pioneer along the main road to the point.
The Redbud or savanna trail is off the Woodland Nature Trail south of
the Visitor Centre.
