Following a full day of rain, under sunny skies there was plenty of warber activity in the park and campus this morning: 22 species of warbler: Blue-winged (1); Tennessee (1); Nashville (2); Northern Parula (1); Yellow (4); Chestnut-sided (15); Magnolia (15); Cape May (1); Black-throated Blue (21); Yellow-rumped (18); Black-throated Green (2); Blackburnian (2), Pine (1); Palm (5); Bay-breasted (18); Blackpoll (5); Black-and-white (4); American Redstart (11); Ovenbird (2); Common Yellowthroat (3); Wilson's (1) & Canada (2). Thrushes included several dozen Swainson's, a few Veeries and a Gray-cheeked Thrush.
Wayne Renaud Directions: the park and campus is located along the north shore of Lake Ontario and south of Lakeshore Boulevard which can be accesses directly off the south extension of Kipling Avenue between Brown's Line and Islington Avenue. Parking is free on 13th Street which abutts the east side of park; otherwise parking fees are charged in all lots in the park. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu May 17 14:43:39 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from fep5.cogeco.net (smtp.cogeco.net [216.221.81.25]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1DD66348C for <[email protected]>; Thu, 17 May 2007 14:43:38 -0400 (EDT) Received: from videoedge (d141-150-198.home.cgocable.net [24.141.150.198]) by fep5.cogeco.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 34E1B812 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 17 May 2007 14:43:39 -0400 (EDT) From: "Cheryl Edgecombe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 14:43:02 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 Subject: [Ontbirds] Kentucky Warbler (m.) , Captain Cootes Trail, RBG Arboretum, Hamilton X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 18:43:39 -0000 On a walk this morning, Rob Dobos and I found a male Kentucky Warbler first heard singing loudly and then seen at close range along the Captain Cootes trail about 100 m east of the trail that comes down from the Lilac Dell to meet the Captain Cootes Trail. If you walk down the hill from the Nature Centre, turn right and follow the Captain Cootes trail along past the Grey Doe Trail. The best way to get to it is to go past it and find the sign for the trail for the Lilac Dell and then walk back to the area. The bird moved to about 200 m. east of this intersection. From the lilac dell, come down the trail which goes down the hill and turn left on Captain Cootes trail and proceed 200 m to the east . For reference the area was around the place where out on the water you are across from the island out in the water. If you are going west on Captain Cootes trail and hit a small boardwalk which goes over the water, you've gone too far. The bird was singing loudly and continuously. There were also many other Warbler species in this area today. Directions to the RBG Arboretum: >From the QEW, take Hwy 6 north and turn right at the first light there the sign points to the carpool lot and leads to Plains Road. Turn right at the light on Plains Road and proceed to Old Guelph Road. Turn right and follow the road down the hill to the Arboretum on your left hand side. There is a charge for parking. Cheers, Cheryl Edgecombe
