I was able to find and photograph the yellow-throated warbler with help from around several other birders at 1:45 PM at Edgelake Park. The bird was moving back and forth between the east and west side of the pond and was quite active.
A gallery of photographs of the bird can be seen at http://www.giraud.com/cgi-bin/if/imageFolio.cgi?direct=Birding/20070427_ Yellow_Throated_Warbler Directions (from the previous post): >From the QEW highway in Hamilton, take the Hwy 20 (Centennial Parkway) exit and go north to the North Service Rd. Turn right and go east past Grays Rd to Teal Ave. Turn left on Teal and take it to the end at Church St. Turn right here and the park is on the right side. Good birding Jacques Giraud From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Apr 26 16:45:37 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from mout.perfora.net (mout.perfora.net [74.208.4.194]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A97B634A0 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:45:37 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [172.23.126.14] (helo=ntxsmtpus.exchange.xchg) by mrelay.perfora.net (node=mrus1) with ESMTP (Nemesis), id 0MKpCa-1HhAqP3LGn-0004Ny; Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:45:37 -0400 Received: from ntxbeus08.exchange.xchg ([172.23.126.10]) by ntxsmtpus.exchange.xchg with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:45:37 -0400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: [Ontbirds]Yellow-throated Warbler at Stoney Creek (Corrected) Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:45:39 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: [Ontbirds]Yellow-throated Warbler at Stoney Creek (Corrected) thread-index: AceIJqrUMlQJ6lmUSc281BSQH+TGjQAGvV1g References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Giraud, Jacques" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 26 Apr 2007 20:45:37.0195 (UTC) FILETIME=[D8082FB0:01C78843] X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1/4VIRf3iXG4nHKQKJDwO2L0jjYE8+rJjF85h5 ws/Gsv99ciPL0fHohEiAgsqXM23ns0Wit2KA2m6G6HyPM0jEb X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:45:37 -0000 I was able to find and photograph the yellow-throated warbler with help from around several other birders at 1:45 PM at Edgelake Park. The bird was moving back and forth between the east and west side of the pond and was quite active. A gallery of photographs of the bird can be seen at http://www.giraud.com/cgi-bin/if/imageFolio.cgi?direct=Birding/20070427_ Yellow_Throated_Warbler If the URL wraps, please ensure that it's a single line. Alternately, there is a link off http://www.giraud.com Directions (from the previous post): >From the QEW highway in Hamilton, take the Hwy 20 (Centennial Parkway) exit and go north to the North Service Rd. Turn right and go east past Grays Rd to Teal Ave. Turn left on Teal and take it to the end at Church St. Turn right here and the park is on the right side. Good birding Jacques Giraud From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Apr 26 17:14:51 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from paris.bmts.com (paris.bmts.com [216.183.128.227]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA6D3638D4 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:14:50 -0400 (EDT) Received: from pickup (os-dsl-0916.bmts.com [216.183.155.149]) by paris.bmts.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with SMTP id l3QLEoqW022415 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:14:50 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "mike pickup" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ontbirds" <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:26:11 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 X-brucetelecom.com-MailScanner-Information: Please contact Bruce Telecom 519.368.2000 for more information X-brucetelecom.com-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-brucetelecom.com-MailScanner-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Spam-Status: No Subject: [Ontbirds]Huron Fringe Birding Report - Port Elgin X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 21:14:51 -0000 Migration this week is still rather slow. After a weekend of Warm sunny weather it has turned a little cooler. Osprey are back on the nests in Oliphant and at Boat Lake. In MacGregor Park this week some new birds to report are Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Northern Flicker Winter Wren Ruffed Grouse American Tree Swallow White-throated Sparrow white-crowned Sparrow Great Horned Owl Yellow-rumped Warbler At the Kincardine lagoons this week Ruddy duck Greater Scaup Lesser Scaup American Wigeon Green-winged Teal Blue-winged Teal Redhead Duck Ruby-crowned Kinglet Golden-crownded Kinglet Brown Creepers White-throated Sparrow Along the J/I Line Rough-legged hawk still migrating north Red-tailed Hawk Northern harrier Turkey Vulture Pairs of Horned lark Savanah Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco still around Around Port Elgin and Southampton Chipping Sparrow White-throated Sparrow House finch American Goldfinch Pairs of Northern Cardinal Yours in birding Mike Pickup Directions To reach MacGregor Point Provincial Park. From Hwy #21 south of Port Elgin, turn west on 4th Conc. Saugeen and follow the signs to the Park. To reach the Kincardine Lagoons. From Hwy #21 south of Kincardine, turn west on Saratoga Rd. and follow the dirt road to a parking area at the Rail Trail. The lagoons and trail are on the your right. The J/I sideroad is a gravel road running north and south one conc. west of Hwy. #21 from the Bruce/Saugeen townline and ends in the village of Tiverton. The 12th Conc. Bruce, is the first intesection south of the townline. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++ The HURON FRINGE BIRDING FESTIVAL takes place every year at MacGregor Point Provincial Park. This year the 10th Annual Festival takes place MAY 25 TO JUNE 3, 2007 There are over 80 events and over 40 top notch leaders. The migration corridor along the shore of Lake Huron known as "The Huron Fringe", extending from Kincardine to Tobermory on the Bruce Peninsula is the area we cover. Our birding hikes, presentations and workshops are lead by very competent birders and naturalists from all over Ontario and Michigan. All birders and naturalists from the beginner to the more advanced will find something to pique their interests. Birds of Prey with Ross Snider, Sabrina and Scooter (flying sqirrels) with Steve Patterson, the truth about Bats with Erin Fraser and Wonderful Wings with Chris Guglielmo a talk on migration are some of the evening events that naturalists will find entertaining. To find out more about our program and down load a registration form, visit the Friends of MacGregor Point web site. Spaces on our some of our events are still available. Sign up at the Park. http://www.friendsofmacgregor.org (Click on "Birding Festival" and then on "Events") for accommodation in Saugeen Shores visit http://www.sunsets.com
