Still lots of great birds in the Park today. On Chinquapin Oak Trail are reports of 15 species of warbler including Cape May.
In Tilden's Woods there were Cerulean, Canada, Northern Waterthrush and a report of a Louisiana Waterthrush. At the tip this morning, a Mourning, Bay-breasted, Kentucky, female Golden-winged, and Wilson's Warbler among others wre reported. Just north of the tip tram loop, a Grey phase Eastern Screech-Owl offered excellent views. A Lesser Black-backed Gull flew along the West Beach. On Woodland Nature Trail, a Merlin perched for all to see, and 2 Sandhill Cranes flew over. Warblers included Mourning and Golden-winged among others. Interesting as well was the coastal variant, (purple) Common Grackle. Good Birding! John Haselmayer, Karl Konze, Ross Mackintosh, Dave Martin, Pete Read and Marianne Reid, Friends of Point Pelee Hike Leaders. ********************************************************************** Point Pelee National Park and the Friends of Point Pelee are pleased to bring you the 2007 Festival of Birds from May 1 - 21. For a complete schedule of events and secure on-line booking, please visit www.friendsofpointpelee.com Our 3rd Annual Fundraising Dinner will be held on Friday, May 11, 2007, with guest speaker Mark Peck. Dress is casual and tickets are $50 ea (with a $25 tax receipt). Contact the Friends of Point Pelee (see website above) for more information. You've asked for a BIRDING PASS and now we've got it! This pass is valid for 3 consecutive days at Point Pelee National Park and Hillman Marsh Conservation Area - with savings of more than 30% from regular gate fees. Passes are available for purchase at the park gate and Hillman Marsh's visitor centre. ************************************************************************* If you would like to respond to this email, please put the phrase hike leaders in the subject line. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat May 12 13:25:48 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from mail-02.primus.ca (mail.tor.primus.ca [216.254.136.21]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10D12638BB for <[email protected]>; Sat, 12 May 2007 13:25:48 -0400 (EDT) Received: from ottawa-hs-209-217-99-240.d-ip.magma.ca ([209.217.99.240] helo=desktop) by mail-02.primus.ca with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) id 1HmvLo-0000JN-2b for [email protected]; Sat, 12 May 2007 13:25:48 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Jacques Bouvier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ontario birds" <[email protected]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 13:11:49 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3028 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 Subject: [Ontbirds]More Ross's Geese at Alfred X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 17:25:48 -0000 I visited the lagoons this morning and observed at least 4 white morph ROSS'S GEESE among the 1500 SNOW GEESE. There were 107 dark morph Snow Geese among the flock. There may be more Ross's Geese as I was only able to carefully check half the flock. Also in the lagoons were 24 waterbird species including 1 CANVASBACK, dozens of RUDDY DUCKS and 9 REDHEADS. Also of note were 2 WILSON'S PHALAROPE and calling VIRGINIA RAIL, SORA and PIED-BILLED GREBE.. All the birds were seen or heard from the birding tower at the south end of the lagoons. DIRECTIONS: >From the town of Alfred go east on Highway 17, then turn south (right) on Peat Moss Road and drive for 2 km. The lagoons are on your left (east side of road). The birds are best observed from the viewing tower. Any attempt to enter the lagoons will cause the geese to take flight and leave. Access to the viewing tower is free and no permit is needed. Entrance to the lagoons is prohibited unless in the possession of a valid ANNUAL PERMIT. The permit can be purchased on week days from the Alfred town office just beside the fire station. Arrangements can also be made to receive the permit by fax by contacting Richard Villeneuve at (613) 679-2292. Jacques Bouvier CP/Box 184 St-Isidore, ON K0C 2B0 (613) 524-1154 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jacquesbouvier.blogspot.com http://www.jacquesbouvier.ca
