8am today at Reesor Pond 1 Whimbrel - it called once as it flew away - probably headed for Lake Simcoe where they are occasionally seen - given the traditional migration date of this species, it seemed quite early - also present was an adult Lesser black-backed gull - an Iceland & Glaucous gull showed up Thursday - a singing Common yellowthroat on April 19 seemed early & of note was the first Wild turkey seen here on April 9 [south of Hwy 7] - only five other shorebird species have shown at Reesor Pond and the dewponds on the Bypass to date - mixed flocks of up to 28 Yellowlegs have gone through during the last 2 days.
Reesor Pond lies on the West side of Reesor Road just North of Hwy 407 in Markham - cheers - Stan Long From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Apr 29 13:28:44 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from skunk.apca.gc.ca (mail-ext.pc.gc.ca [205.206.15.145]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAEF163EFC for <[email protected]>; Sat, 29 Apr 2006 13:28:23 -0400 (EDT) Received: from rat.apca.gc.ca ([167.33.57.24]) by skunk.apca.gc.ca (8.12.9/8.12.9) with SMTP id k3THSNaT003719 for <[email protected]>; Sat, 29 Apr 2006 13:28:23 -0400 (EDT) Received: From pp-vrc-multi.apca.gc.ca ([167.33.142.37]) by rat.apca.gc.ca (WebShield SMTP v4.5 MR1a P0803.345); id 1146331805531; Sat, 29 Apr 2006 13:30:05 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected] X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 5.0.8 June 18, 2001 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 13:28:08 -0400 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on PP-VRC-MULTI/SVR/PC/CA(Release 6.5|September 26, 2003) at 04/29/2006 01:28:21 PM MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Subject: [Ontbirds]Point Pelee Migration Report April 29 X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 17:28:44 -0000 Birding has been slow the past few days except for a large influx of Yellow-rumped Warblers on April 27. Single Wood Thrushes and Red-eyed Vireos were reported earlier in the week. Today, 8 species of warblers are present including 1 Louisiana Waterthrush and 1 Cerulean Warbler. The most sought after bird this morning was a Sedge Wren in the tip woods. All 3 scoter species showed at the tip along with a 1st year Glaucous Gull. A swallow with an all white head caused a momentary adrenalin rush until it was identified as an aberrant Tree Swallow. Few shorebirds have reported so far from the Hillman Shorebird cell. Three Least Sandpipers and a male Eurasian Wigeon were present yesterday. Just as this report was being prepared a call from Wheatley Harbour announced that a Purple Sandpiper was on the beach. Good Birding Friends of Point Pelee John Haselmayer, Karl Konze, Ross Mackintosh, Dave Martin, Pete Read, and Marianne Reid **************************************************************************** Point Pelee National Park of Canada and the Friends of Point Pelee bring you the Festival of Birds 2006 from April 29 - May 22. The Friends of Point Pelee offer daily birding hikes, including evening hikes from Wednesday to Sunday, May 6 - 22. Quest Nature Tours and Bushnell Performance Optics sponsor County Bus tours on May 6 & 13. Second Annual Fundraising Dinner on May 12, with guest speaker Bobby Harrison, on the Ivory-billed Woodpecker. Visit www.pc.gc.ca/pelee or email [EMAIL PROTECTED] for more information. ***************************************************************************** Janice Sarkis General Manager, Friends of Point Pelee Phone (519) 326-6173 Fax (519) 326-7925 www.friendsofpointpelee.net [EMAIL PROTECTED]
