Sorry about not posting yesterday. I don't usually post and presumed that
others would.
I'm moved to post today after seeing an earlier message that the
Prothonotary Warbler was not seen yesterday.
We had excellent views of the bird yesterday at 10:30 a.m. We were
standing on the north bank of the canal looking across the water to the
south side, where the bird was flitting about in the debris along the edge
of the canal.
To get to the spot, we followed Ron Fleming's instructions which follow
(italics and colour are mine). We started at the eastern (first) parking
lot, headed for the yellow post, and just as we crossed the culvert through
which the canal flows at that point, we looked right and could see the bird
from there.
Directions: Tiny Marsh is about a 20 minute drive northwest of Barrie and
about 10
minutes east of Wasaga Beach. Exit Hwy. 400 at the Bayfield St. ramp in
Barrie, then follow Bayfield northwest (left). Bayfield becomes County
Road 27 (do not turn onto #26 west toward Stayner and Wasaga). Keep
going north (straight). Take 27 north through the village of Elmvale,
cross the little Wye River, then look for Simcoe Road 6 and turn west
(left). The road quickly angles northward through the hamlet of Saurin. Go a
short distance to 1st Conc., which is the Tiny-Flos Townline (a sign on
the left indicates the way to Tiny Marsh). Turn west (left) on the
unpaved townline road and go 3.5 km to either the first parking lot on the
right or another half km to the Interpretive Centre parking lot.
>From the Interpretive Centre parking lot, cross the bridge toward the
building and turn right onto the dike trail and follow it about a half
km east past the next bridge. The bird was 40 paces east of that bridge
along the drainage creek on the right.
> Or, if you park in the first lot, simply walk a few paces northward to
the yellow post and
turn right immediately onto the trail that goes eastward along the north
shore of the little canal.
Paul Roberts
Chryxus Corporation
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Mississauga Ontario L5G 4S2
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