The nighthawks must have a fetish for alcohol since they nested on top of
Wine 'o' Willies on Center street last year and I seen them daily for over 10
years roosting around downtown Essex during the summer months. They do make
flights during daylight especially in spring and then again in fall prior to
their departure South.They compete for bugs over my yard with the resident
Chimney Swifts
Jim Hunt
Essex
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Subject: [Ontbirds]Day at Carden - Loggerhead Shrikes and 91 other species:
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Jay Peterson and I birded the Carden area today and observed most of the
usual suspects. Among the 92 species, highlights were:
Loggerhead Shrikes (3).
Upland Sandpipers (9).
Wilsons Snipe (5), American Woodcock.
Osprey (9).
E. Bluebirds, E. Meadowlarks, Bobolinks, Scarlet Tanager, Rose-breasted
Grosbeaks, Indigo Bunting, Baltimore Orioles.
Green Heron, Blue-winged Teal, Wood Duck, Common Loons, Belted Kingfisher.
Ovenbirds, Northern Waterthrushes, Nashville, Yellow, Black-and-white and
Chestnut-sided Warblers, American Redstarts, Common Yellowthroats,
Black-throated Green Warblers and a surprise Black-throated Blue Warbler.
Golden-winged Warblers (6) one with a Blue-winged song.
Winter, House, Marsh and Sedge Wrens, Ruby-throated Hummingbirds.
Black-billed Cuckoo, Wild Turkeys,
Virginia Rails, Sora, Common Moorhen.
Grasshopper (lots), Vesper, Clay-colored, Savannah, Swamp, Field, Chipping,
White-throated, Song and House Sparrows. E. Towhees.
Cedar Waxwings, Brown Thrashers (lots).
Seven species of Flycatchers.
All the roads (and we covered most of them) were pretty good, even both ways
on Alvar Road.
Directions (per Norm Murrs posting last May):
WYLIE RD / SEDGE WREN MARSH AT CARDEN ALVAR, ETC.
Wylie Road is north of Kirkfield in Victoria County and Kirkfield itself is
on County Road 48 east of Highway 12 and well north of Whitby and about 130
km from Toronto if you follow the roads and not a Crow.
>From the centre of Kirkfield go north on County Road 6 passing under the
Lift Lock on the Trent Canal and drive about 2 ½ km further north to where
the road curves left or west. On this curve and on your right is McNamee Rd,
turn right here onto McNamee and drive east for about 300 yards and you will
be at Wylie Road. This road is about 9 ½ km long ending at Alvar Rd (a T
intersection). Birding can be good on this road as well, either way.
The Sedge Wren Marsh is about 5 ½ km up Wylie Road, you cant miss it as it
has the only bridge along the road. Park just to the south of and
overlooking the bridge and walk the road. Birding is good all along the road
and I find that the best birding happens when you park and walk both ways a
km or 2 from your auto.
This is a narrow road with little traffic but be sure to park in such a way
as to not block the road as you dont want to rile up the locals. This is
all private property but there really is no need to leave the road.
