Early this afternoon, I discovered more Whimbrel along the Lake Ontario waterfront at Col. Samuel Smith Park. Between 12:30 and 1:30 a total of 254 Whimbrels were recorded in groups of 4, 85, 135, 6, 4, 13 and 7 were counted; the larger flock was near a flock of 230 Dunlins. The initial sighting of four Whimbrel were seen circling low over the south peninsula then landed on the boulders where they remained for about 30 minutes, then flew north; the remainder of Whimbrels (and Dunlins) were flying west low over the water about a half mile off shore. This park is located at end of Kipling Avenue which is best accessed of the collectors of the Q.E.W. via the Islington ramp, then driving west on Lakeshore then turning into the extension of Kipling, through the Humber College Campus to the last parking lot adjacent to the Etobicoke Sailing Club. Wayne Renaud. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat May 22 00:20:53 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from cathy.bmts.com (cathy.bmts.com [216.183.128.202]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B559D47F1D for <[email protected]>; Sat, 22 May 2004 00:20:53 -0400 (EDT) Received: from computer (cvx-os-ppp0348.bmts.com [216.183.142.94]) by cathy.bmts.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id i4M4OR3M013669 for <[email protected]>; Sat, 22 May 2004 00:24:28 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Ethan Meleg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ontbirds" <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 00:21:05 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 X-bmts-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-bmts-MailScanner-SpamCheck: X-MailScanner-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Ontbirds]Bruce Peninsula Big Day (May 21) - 174 Species! X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Ethan Meleg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 04:20:54 -0000
Hello birders, Mark Wiercinski, John Haselmayer and I just completed an exhausting big day on the Bruce Peninsula, identifying 174 species, to beat our previous record (162 species) set in 2002. All birds were recorded on a single calendar day (May 21) within Bruce County. The 'Bruce' has a great diversity of birds! A special thanks to all the other birdathon groups who were out on the Bruce Peninsula helping to raise money for bird conservation! Details: Baiilie Birdathon fundraiser for Bird Studies Canada/Bruce Peninsula Bird Observatory 174 species 521km driving start: 2am finish: 8:45pm fueled by: Oreo cookies and caffeine Here are some of our highlight birds: White-winged Crossbill (4) - Tobermory Public School Black Tern (24!) - Issac Lake Long-tailed Duck (80+) - Dyers Bay White-winged Scoter (50+) - Dyers Bay Surf Scoter (2) - Dyers Bay Black Scoter (5+) - Dyers Bay Horned Grebe (1) - Dyers Bay Red-necked Grebe (2) - Dyers Bay Red-headed Woodpecker (4) various locations Red-bellied Woodpecker (2) Pine Siskin (2) - Tobermory Clay-coloured Sparrow (2) - Dyers Bay Brewer's Blackbird (1) - Ferndale Least Bittern (1) - MacGregor Pt. Provincial Park Barred Owl (1) - Bruce Peninsula National Park Golden-winged Warbler (1 - MacGregor Point PP; 1 - Dorcas Bay) Blue-winged Warbler (1) MacGregor Point PP Philadelphia Vireo (1) - MacGregor Point PP Gadwall (1) - Miramichi Bay N. Pintail (2) - Miramichi Bay Semipalmated Plover (9) - Miramichi Bay Painful miss: Winter Wren Sorry, no directions right now to these locations (must get sleep). Happy birding! Ethan Meleg Tobermory visit www.bpbo.ca to learn more about the Bruce Peninsula Bird Observatory
