Little Gulls showed up in greater numbers than expected this morning at the LIGU Viewing Day at Oshawa 2nd Marsh...in fact, they showed their largest numbers of the spring. The weather was overcast and drizzly. Starting at about 7:30 and continuing until at least 9/9:30, there were 7-8 groups of 3-14 individual LIGUs that appeared. Some arrived with Bonaparte's Gulls and some came in on their own. Unlike last year though, none of the gulls sat down in the marsh...there are few stranded snags and no mud flats for them to sit on. Most LIGUs showed aerial courtship and several flew right over the platform.
The Viewing Week-end continues tomorrow...and LIGUs should predictably be there, as today. Other species seen included: Ruddy Duck, Coot, Northern Harrier, Ring-necked Ducks, Pied-billed Grebe, Northern Shovler, G-w Teal, etc. Directions > From Hwy 401 east side of Oshawa, take Exit 419 (Farwell St.) south to >Colonel Sam Dr. Turn left - take it nearly to its end. Turn right into >the General Motors parking lot just before the GM Canada Head Office >building. Go straight ahead to the far side of the parking lot. The >viewing tower will be ahead and to the right about 100 metres. > Chip Weseloh Tyler Hoar Richard Joos From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Apr 23 16:25:40 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from beaver.pch.gc.ca (beaver.pch.gc.ca [198.103.196.130]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D221F638F8 for <[email protected]>; Sat, 23 Apr 2005 16:25:39 -0400 (EDT) Received: from fisher.pch.gc.ca by beaver.pch.gc.ca via smtpd (for [199.212.94.68]) with ESMTP; Sat, 23 Apr 2005 16:37:47 -0400 Received: from EHULSMTP01.in.pch.gc.ca (ehulsmtp01.in.pch.gc.ca [167.33.1.48]) by fisher.pch.gc.ca (8.12.9/8.12.9) with SMTP id j3NKbkNl004077 for <[email protected]>; Sat, 23 Apr 2005 16:37:46 -0400 (EDT) Received: From pp-vrc-multi.apca.gc.ca ([167.33.142.37]) by EHULSMTP01.in.pch.gc.ca (WebShield SMTP v4.5 MR1a P0803.345); id 1114288665551; Sat, 23 Apr 2005 16:37:45 -0400 To: [email protected] X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 5.0.8 June 18, 2001 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2005 15:37:42 -0500 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on PP-VRC-MULTI/SVR/PC/CA(Release 6.5|September 26, 2003) at 04/23/2005 04:37:45 PM MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Subject: [Ontbirds]Black-throated Gray Warbler - Point Pelee National Park X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2005 20:25:40 -0000 Even though the weather conditions were miserable, one observer (Adam Pinch) was able to catch a glimpse of the warbler in the early afternoon. The bird was seen at the north end of the transit loop. Good birding everyone! Sarah Sarah Rupert Sr. Park Interpreter/Education Coordinator/ Interprète de parc principal - Coordonnatrice - Programmes éducatif Point Pelee National Park of Canada/Parc national du Canada de la Pointe-Pelée Leamington, Ontario [EMAIL PROTECTED] 519-322-5700 ext 13
