I had the privilege of leading about 20 OFO members on our annual trip
to the Minesing Swamp. We basically followed Dave Milsom's
self-guiding tour of the wetland available from the Ontario Field
Ornithologists website http://www.ofo.ca/ofo-docs/Minesing.pdf
We focused on three main sites MacKinnon Road just east of Angus off Hwy
90, the north end of Baldwick Lane and Ronald Road west of the village
of Minesing (County 28 and Hwy 26). With the mild temperatures,
flooding is ongoing and water levels could still be increasing. It was
the highest levels for spring flooding I have seen. Over the course of
the day we saw 64 species. Trip lists can be found on ebird. Waterfowl
numbers were down but diversity was normal. Both numbers and diversity
were low for songbirds but a couple of us did have a single
Yellow-rumped Warbler. The real surprise was the active migration of
raptors. In addition to reasonable numbers of Turkey Vulture,
Red-tailed Hawk , Northern Harrier and the acciptors (Sharp-shinned and
Cooper), we had Red-shouldered, Broad-winged, Red-shouldered, and Bald
Eagle.
Again thanks to all who participated and if anyone would like to
included in shared ebird checklists please get back to me.
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Mark Cranford
Toronto, ON
[email protected]
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