Prior to 9am on Aug.12 the pathway leading to and the trees near the south platform yielded many good songbirds. Sam Barone has a photo of what certainly appears to be a CLAY-COLOURED SPARROW.
Here is an incomplete list---Baltimore Oriole, Purple Finch, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Warbling Vireo, Red-eyed Vireo, American Redstart, Yellow Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Cedar Waxwing, Least Flycatcher, Great Crested Flycatcher, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Belted Kingfisher, Eatern Wood Pewee, Eastern Kingbird, Northern Flicker, White-breasted Nuthatch, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Swamp Sparrow, and the Clay-coloured Sparrow. On the wetlands-2 tagged Trumpeter Swans, Blue-winged Teal, Black-crowned Night and Great Blue Herons, several Lesser Yellowlegs. Cranberry Marsh is near the south end of Hall's Rd. in southwest Whitby, it being 1 block east of LakeRidge Rd., entered from Victoria/Bayly St. Doug Lockrey, Whitby, ON From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Aug 12 23:31:05 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from bay0-omc3-s37.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc3-s37.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.237]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 892DF63475 for <[email protected]>; Sun, 12 Aug 2007 23:31:04 -0400 (EDT) Received: from hotmail.com ([207.46.9.88]) by bay0-omc3-s37.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Sun, 12 Aug 2007 20:31:04 -0700 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sun, 12 Aug 2007 20:31:04 -0700 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from 207.46.9.123 by by119fd.bay119.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Mon, 13 Aug 2007 03:31:02 GMT X-Originating-IP: [216.46.155.144] X-Originating-Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "Maris Apse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2007 23:31:02 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-OriginalArrivalTime: 13 Aug 2007 03:31:04.0542 (UTC) FILETIME=[60DFBFE0:01C7DD5A] Subject: [Ontbirds]Whimbrel - Pinery PP X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 03:31:05 -0000 Hi all, Whilst lounging on the beach - #3 Parking area in the park this afternoon, I noticed a large shorebird land ~200 M north of me. I had my 'bins (hoping for 'early' jaegers) and saw it was a Whimbrel being harrassed a bit by the local band of Ring-billed Gulls. I climbed the stairs to get my video camera and saw a serious beach walker striding towards the bird, which soon took off. Luckily it did not fly too far south and landed ~150M south of me, so I was able to get close enough for a short video clip. This is my first Lake Huron Whimbrel - I'm not sure how unusual they are here in fall migration. I saw one on Lake Erie ~3 weeks ago at Long Point tip, whilst 'lighthouse sitting' with Blake Mann, Heather Campbell and Diane Salter. Cheers! Maris Pinery Provincial Park is on Hwy#21 ~6 Km south of Grand Bend and there are free park guides at the gate. Maris Apse 10094 Red Pine Road, Box 22, RR #2 Grand Bend ON N0M 1T0 (519) 238 - 8415 _________________________________________________________________ Put Your Face In Your Space with Windows Live Spaces http://spaces.live.com/?mkt=en-ca
