At Reesor Pond 5.30pm - a pair of Short-billed Dowitchers - also
a pair of Northern Mockingbirds - Reesor Pond lies just N of Hwy 407
on Reesor Road, Markham - cheers - Stan Long
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South winds brought in all sorts of new arrivals this week including 18
warblers species between Seneca College (King City), the Cawthra Mulock
reserve, and Mabel Davis Park (Newmarket). The most interesting sighting of
the week, however, was Andrew Davis's WHITE PELICAN at Cook's Bay in southwest
Keswick on Thursday. Frank Pinella saw it that same evening along with two
BLACK TERNS. I have not heard if it is still there today.
The CW reserve held 14 warbler sp. Thursday including at least two BLUE-WINGED WARBLERS (there may actually have been three but I can't be sure if one was ranging far and wide) and a BREWSTER'S WARBLER observed by Allan Roitner the same day. The two Blue-wings were still present today. Other warblers there today were BLACKBURNIAN, AM. REDSTART, BAY-BREASTED, and my first ever ORANGE-CROWNED at that location. Eastern Towhee, Green Heron, Warbling Vireo, Clay-coloured Sparrow, and Northern Harrier were also highlights at the reserve. Bobolinks are in full chaotic song there and have been since last week while Brown Thrashers are rhyming their couplets in three different spots. Nashville Warblers seem to be singing from every second tree.
Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Least Flycatcher, Great-crested Flycatcher, Gray Catbird, Baltimore Oriole, and Wood Thrush showed up in several places this week and a handsome male SCARLET TANAGER was looking great in the woods just west of Eaton Hall at Seneca College on Tuesday. (Indigo Bunting, Eastern Kingbird, and Ruby-throated Hummingbird have not been reported yet but must be sitting somewhere locally as we speak...)
Chris and Keith Dunn had some shorebirds (always a "hard get" this time of year in York Region) in a vernal pond on the NW corner of Ravenshoe Road and Woodbine Avenue in southeast Keswick: SEMIPALMATED PLOVER (9), SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER (2), and LESSER YELLOWLEGS (3). The Holland Landing lagoons have virtually no suitable shorebird habitat at this point; water levels are very high and only two Spotted Sandpipers deemed the area worthy. There were some nice-looking ducks there when I took my dog for a walk this evening though: WOOD DUCK (8) and NORTHERN SHOVELER (4). A PILEATED WOODPECKER flew over when we were walking there. As noted by Stan Long, Markham's Reesor Pond hosted two SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS this morning.
Ron Fleming, Newmarket
York Region is directly north of Toronto, running south from Lake Simcoe. E-mail me privately if you'd like specific directions to any of the places mentioned in this report.
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Subject: [Ontbirds]NO Pelican, Cook's Bay, Lake Simcoe
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Spent from 3 pm to 5 pm searching for the pelican at Cook's Bay. The =
only big white birds were swans (Trumpeter?). There were 2 swans in the =
water and 1 on a nest. A scope was essential to ID the swan on the =
nest. (Still not positive it was a Trumpeter, but it was a swan.) There =
were over 150 Caspian Terns ( I counted ) in the field as you go out the =
dike road. More Caspian Terns put on a good show over the water. 25 =
Semipalmated Plovers were also in the field.
The dike road is now dry so the walk is easy and a high clearence, 4 =
wheel drive could negotiate it without problems, but my little compact =
car couldn't have turned around at the end because of the ruts that are =
over 1 ft deep. Glad I walked out the short distance and I have lots of =
experience on very bad forest access roads. I would have made it out =
almost to the lake, driving the high ground, but couldn't have made it =
to a turning place.
Anne Anthony
Peterborough
Good directions and advice from previous posts:
DIRECTIONS: from Newmarket follow Leslie St. north to Ravenshoe Road.
Turn left (west) on Ravenshoe past the residential area and into the
fields. Turn right (north) on the first dike/road (unnamed and
unmarked) that you come to and follow it a short distance to the lake.
You can see the island/reeds directly offshore about 0.5 km.
WARNING: the dike road is fairly rough; you will want a high clearance
vehicle. If you are in a car proceed very slowly and you won't bottom
out too often, there are some deep ruts! Reminded me of California
Gulch, Norm! :-)
FURTHER WARNING: due to the rains overnight yesterday, I would strongly
suggest that if you do not have a 4-wheel drive vehicle, I would park on
Ravenshoe and walk the muddy, short distance to the lake!
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Parula and Bay-Breasted among 12 warblers at Leslie St. Spit,
Toronto
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Within an hour this morning, I saw 12 species of
warbler at the base of the spit, including the
above-mentioned and Wilson's. Also had Warbling
Vireo, 3 thrushes (Wood, Swainson's and Veery) and
lots of singing Least Flycatchers.
These were all seen at the woodlot just west of
the parking lot (about 100 meters away) at the
base of the spit. For anyone in the area, this is
a great spot for early morning birding if you only
have limited time.
Directions: From Lakeshore and Leslie, follow
Leslie south till it ends.
Jack Alvo
Toronto
