Today brought many new migrants to Rondeau Provincial Park the 2 highlights were a singing Worm-eating Warbler that has been seen/heard throughout the day on the Spicebush Trail and a male Hooded Warbler seen on the South Point Trail. For Directions see previous email.
Good Birding, Ross Wood From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed May 3 17:27:43 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from BAYC1-PASMTP05.bayc1.hotmail.com (bayc1-pasmtp05.bayc1.hotmail.com [65.54.191.165]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C312863BBE for <[email protected]>; Wed, 3 May 2006 17:27:27 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Originating-IP: [64.231.85.107] X-Originating-Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from Desktop ([64.231.85.107]) by BAYC1-PASMTP05.bayc1.hotmail.com over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Wed, 3 May 2006 14:27:27 -0700 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Dave & Carol Skinner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 17:29:43 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1807 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1807 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 03 May 2006 21:27:27.0610 (UTC) FILETIME=[60789DA0:01C66EF8] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Snowy Owl north of Strathroy X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Dave & Carol Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 May 2006 21:27:44 -0000 There is still at least one Snowy Owl north of Strathroy, near the = intersection of Highway 81 and Highway 22. It was present in the = cornfield south of this intersection at 5 PM today. On Monday, May 1st, = two Snowy Owls were observed in the same vicinity. Take the Strathroy exit (west of London) off Highway 402. This is the = Highway 81/Centre Street exit. Go north on Highway 81 about a half = kilometer to the intersection of Highway 81 and Highway 22 (1st traffic = light). Dave Skinner Strathroy, Ontario From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed May 3 17:52:15 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from rwcrmhc14.comcast.net (unknown [216.148.227.154]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D658C639E0 for <[email protected]>; Wed, 3 May 2006 17:51:59 -0400 (EDT) Received: from comcast.net (c-68-62-4-13.hsd1.mi.comcast.net[68.62.4.13](misconfigured sender)) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc14) with SMTP id <20060503215159m1400rvgroe>; Wed, 3 May 2006 21:52:00 +0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 03 May 2006 17:52:04 -0400 From: Michael Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Organization: MEC Environmental Consulting User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.0.2) Gecko/20030208 Netscape/7.02 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Ontbirds]Pelee- 17 Warbler Spp, Others X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 May 2006 21:52:15 -0000 Birders, Today I had 17 species of warbler (dipped on 3 at the Tip :-( ) at Pelee: Blue-winged Warbler - 3 (1-Tip, 1-White Pine, 1-Sleepy Hollow) Nashville Warbler - 40 (Mostly north of Sleepy Hollow, and north of Sanctuary) Northern Parula - 1 (Sanctuary) Yellow Warbler - 70 (Mostly south of Shooster Trail, DeLaurier, West Beach, Sanctuary and north) Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1 (Sleepy Hollow) Black-throated Blue Warbler - 3 (1-south of Visitor Centre, 1-Tildens, 1- north of Sanctuary) Yellow-rumped Warbler - 10 (Mostly Tildens and Sanctuary) Black-throated Green Warbler - 20 (Mostly Loop Woods, Tildens, Sleepy Hollow) Blackburnian Warbler - 1 (Sleepy Hollow) Pine Warbler - 4 (1 male- Sleepy Hollow, 1 male-Dunes, 1 female-Sanctuary, 1 male- south of old Admin Bldg) Palm Warbler - 20 (Mostly Loop Woods, West Beach, Sanctuary and north) Black-and-white Warbler- 10 (Mostly Tilden Woods and scattered) American Redstart - 2 (Sleepy Hollow) Ovenbird- 8 (Mostly Tildens) Northern Waterthrush- 2 (1-Tildens, 1- DeLaurier) Common Yellowthroat- 5 (Mostly south of Shooster Trail, DeLaurier) Hooded Warbler - 1 (Dunes- sang once, occasional call notes). Other highlights: Dunlin- 34 at Tip (early dawn) Catbird- 4 (Tildens and West Beach) Eastern Kingbird- 1 (North of Sanctuary) Least Flycatcher- 3 (Tildens and north of Sanctuary) Baltimore Oriole - 12 (Visior Centre to Dunes) Orchard Oriole - 45 (seemingly everywhere!) Wood Thrush - 25 (singing in many locations) Indigo Bunting - 1 (Loop Woods) Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 5 (DeLaurier, Sleepy Hollow, Dunes, north of Sanctuary) White-eyed Vireo- 5 (1-Tildens, 1- White Pine, 1- Sleepy Hollow, 1- Dunes, 1- West Beach) 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. Sanctuary is the north-most picnic area.
