Hello Ontbirders, Today at Rondeau Provincial Park, John and Thora Harvey, Sharron Skevington, myself and other members of the Woodstock Field Naturalists' Club saw a Yellow-throated Warbler. The bird was along Water Street. Drive past the entry gate for the park, turn right at the first restrooms (about 500 m in), then left on Water Street. The bird was about 200 m further along, picking insects off the grill and windshield of my car while we ate lunch.
Other than this, birding was very slow at Rondeau today. Jeff Jeff Skevington, Invertebrate Biodiversity Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada K.W. Neatby Building, C.E.F., 960 Carling Ave. Ottawa, ON, K1A 0C6, Canada Work Phone: 613-759-1647, FAX: 613-759-1927 Home Phone: 613-832-1970 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] alternate e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat May 7 21:44:15 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from tomts25-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts25.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.188]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65673638EB for <[email protected]>; Sat, 7 May 2005 21:44:15 -0400 (EDT) Received: from screamer ([70.48.14.67]) by tomts25-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.10 201-253-122-130-110-20040306) with ESMTP id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <[email protected]>; Sat, 7 May 2005 21:58:37 -0400 From: "Jacques Giraud" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Ontbirds'" <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 7 May 2005 21:58:37 -0400 Organization: Concentrated Consulting Message-ID: <!~!UENERkVCMDkAAQACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAAAAKCctPC2/[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.6353 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 thread-index: AcVTcV3EaSfSQQluR2mfGdw+doyeXw== Subject: [Ontbirds]Kentucky Warbler at Old Cut, Long Point X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 08 May 2005 01:44:15 -0000 I birded the Long Point area today and managed to get 77 species including 14 species of warbler. The majority of birds were either at Old Cut or in Long Point Provincial Park. Highlights of the day were Kentucky warbler, blue-winged warbler and golden-winged warbler all seen at Old Cut. OLD CUT WOODS AT LONG POINT Old Cut Woods at Long Point is southwest of Hamilton, directly south of Port Rowan. To reach it you can drive south on Hwy 6 from Hamilton, passing through Hagersville and turning right, west in Jarvis onto Hwy 3, drive to Simcoe and turn left, south on Hwy 24 and follow this to Hwy 59, ( it curves to the west south of town) turn left, south on Hwy 59 and drive right down about 8 km and past the golf coarse and you will be on the causeway. Drive on across the bridge and continue past the marina on your left. The road comes to Lake Erie where it curves to the left through the cottage / retail business area. Continue driving until you come to Old Cut Road. Turn left and drive a couple of hundred yards down this road (you will see the entrance to the banding area on your right) this is the entrance to Old Cut Woods. Drive another 100 feet or so and you will see a parking area on your left. Park here and walk across the road to the woods. NOTE: Be sure to lock your car and put your valuables out of sight). LONG POINT PROVINCIAL PARK (FEE IN SEASON) The Provincial Park at Long Point is southwest of Hamilton, directly south of Port Rowan. To reach it you can drive south on Hwy 6 from Hamilton, passing through Hagersville and turning right, west in Jarvis onto Hwy 3, drive to Simcoe and turn left, south on Hwy 24 and follow this to Hwy 59, ( it curves to the west south of town) turn left, south on Hwy 59 and drive right down about 8 km and past the golf coarse and you will be on the causeway. Drive on across the bridge and continue past the marina on your left. The road comes to Lake Erie where it curves to the left through the cottage / retail business area. Continue driving along this road passing Old Cut Road and you will come to the park entrance. If the park is closed for the season as it is now then park here (or back at the Old Cut parking area as mentioned above) being sure not to block road and walk into the park. NOTE: Be sure to lock your car and put your valuables out of sight). Good Birding Jacques Giraud
