Birders: While working outside today with my students a mockingbird was singing on top of a silver maple tree at approx 3:00 pm. It was seen on the south side of Cardinal Carter Sec. School which is located at 120 Ellison Ave in Leamington just a few kilometers north of Point Pelee. Thanks Mike St.Pierre Belle River, ON From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed May 24 21:52:48 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from smtp109.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp109.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com [68.142.225.207]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2F1C3639FC for <[email protected]>; Wed, 24 May 2006 21:52:48 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 31852 invoked from network); 25 May 2006 01:52:49 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.101?) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]@69.194.192.115 with login) by smtp109.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 25 May 2006 01:52:48 -0000 User-Agent: Microsoft-Outlook-Express-Macintosh-Edition/5.0.6 Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 21:40:11 -0400 From: Wayne Renaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mime-version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]More [EMAIL PROTECTED] Marsh, Mississauga. X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 01:52:48 -0000
This evening, I birded Rattray Marsh and adjacent woods from 6:00 to 9:00 pm. A evening flight of Whimbrel totaling about 500 flew low heading north-west over the marsh from 8:30 to 8:40. There were nine groups ranging in size from 13 to 250. Earlier in the day, I saw a flock of about 250 flying over Port Credit around 6:30 am and later I saw three flocks in Col. Sam Smith park totally about 120 individuals, Etobicoke with David Hallett and several other birds whose names escape me around 11:00 am. For reference purposes, here is a fairly complete summary of the highest Whimbrel spring counts in the Great Lakes Basin: 1. Manitowac/Bailey¹s Hr.,L. Mich., WI 22 My 1980 3000+ Kleen (1980) 2. Toronto, L. ON 24 My 1988 3000 Weir (1988) 3. Toronto, L. ON 23 My 2005 2643 W.Renaud 4. Toronto/Whitby, L. ON 24 My 1992 2340 J.Guild/Weir (1992) 5. Pt. Bruce, L. Erie, ON 21 My 1996 2220 Ridout (1996) 6. Long [EMAIL PROTECTED], L. Huron, ON 25 My 1983 2000 Weir (1983) 7. Toronto, L. ON 25 My 1994 2000 Ridout (1994) 8. Rondeau, L. Erie, ON 23 My 1984 1200 Weir (1984) 9. Long Pt., L. Erie, ON 21 My 1976 1000 Goodwin (1976) 10. Presqu¹ile, L. Ontario, ON 21 My 1985 1000 Weir (1985) 11. Marmora [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ontario, ON 21 My 1984 1000 Weir (1984) 12. nr. Rondeau, L. Erie, ON 25 My 2003 1000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Obvious from year to year, the peak arrival dates vary little (ie. only by 4 days!!!!). The extensive mudflat's at Rattray Marsh continue to attract a good variety of shorbirds though in small numbers, like eight species this evening (Killdeer, Semipalmated Plover, Solitary Sandpiper, Baird's Sandpiper, Dunlin, Pectoral Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper & Common Snipe). Except for a Mourning Warbler in a flooded section of dense dogwoods along the boardwalk on the east side of the marsh and Hooded Warbler near the culvert intake of small marsh located 50 meters from a parking area locate off the south end of Meadowwood, warblers were scarce. Wayne Renaud Directions: The closest access of the marsh is from a parking area at the south of Bexhill which runs off Lakeshore about half a kilometer east of Erin Mills Parkway (or Clarkson) and 1.5 kilometers west of Mississauga Road. Walk down the hill and turn left and follow the boardwalk around until you find trail leading to the lake. The marsh opens out into the lake a couple of hundred yards west, offering the best (and closest) view of the mudflat. Alternately you can follow the trail that runs straight southwest from the bottom of the hill of Bexhill, through the south end of the woods to a boardwalk lookout tower. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed May 24 22:25:08 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from BAYC1-PASMTP10.BAYC1.HOTMAIL.COM (bayc1-pasmtp10.bayc1.hotmail.com [65.54.191.170]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 852D763B7C for <[email protected]>; Wed, 24 May 2006 22:25:08 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Originating-IP: [69.158.124.91] X-Originating-Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from emachine.sympatico.ca ([69.158.124.91]) by BAYC1-PASMTP10.BAYC1.HOTMAIL.COM over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Wed, 24 May 2006 19:27:12 -0700 Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED]@pophm.sympatico.ca X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.1.2.0 Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 22:25:06 -0400 To: Ontbirds <[email protected]> From: Carol Horner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-OriginalArrivalTime: 25 May 2006 02:27:12.0500 (UTC) FILETIME=[BAF9CB40:01C67FA2] Subject: [Ontbirds]Curlew Sandpiper and Cassin's Vireo photos X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 02:25:09 -0000 Hello Ontbirders I have just received and uploaded Brandon Holden's photos of the Curlew Sandpiper from Townsend Sewage Lagoons May 23 and the presumed Cassin's Vireo from Point Pelee May 11. The photos can be found at www.ofo.ca/photos Good Birding Carol Carol Horner photos AT ofo Dot ca OFO Photo Page Editor
