I have just been watching a Red Headed woodpecker at my feeders this afternoon. It is now 4:00pm and the beautiful Adult male with brilliant red head and pure white rump was a sight to see at my suet feeder. Not very many Red Headed Woodpeckers are seen up this way anymore.
Directions to my house are as follows: Take Hwy #21 north from Port Elgin to Southampton and turn left onto McNabb st, The Beer store is on the Northeast corner. Drive down McNabb to 383 and drive in through the gates on the left. Turn right at top of hill and my house is number 115, second on the right. There is a wooded ravine at the back of my place along McNabb St, and there are woods along South St. where the bird could be hanging around. Mike Pickup Chair, Huron Fringe Birding Festival HFBF runs from the 27th May to 5th June 2005 Please check Friends website www.friendsofmacgregorpark.org for Festival information starting in January 2005. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun May 8 16:16:52 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from tomts43-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts43-srv.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.110]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B6D663F1E for <[email protected]>; Sun, 8 May 2005 16:16:52 -0400 (EDT) Received: from dianaoffice ([67.71.86.244]) by tomts43-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.10 201-253-122-130-110-20040306) with SMTP id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <[email protected]>; Sun, 8 May 2005 16:31:21 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Mike Williamson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 8 May 2005 16:31:18 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Whip-poor-will At Thicksons Woods Sunday May 8/05 X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 08 May 2005 20:16:52 -0000 Hello Ont. Birders: A Whip-poor-will was located to-day. The bird was on a branch just south of the posting box,where the path turns left,the bird was on the south side just where you turn left. Cheers; Mike Williamson Thicksons Woods can be located from the east or west by leaving the 401hwy at the Thickson Rd. exit. Proceed south and just before a parking area there is a laneway on the left. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun May 8 16:40:25 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from smtp-07.primus.ca (mail.tor.primus.ca [216.254.136.21]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9F9364D50 for <[email protected]>; Sun, 8 May 2005 16:40:25 -0400 (EDT) Received: from dsl-207-112-40-186.tor.primus.ca ([207.112.40.186] heloºsilica) by smtp-07.primus.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 1DUsnf-0005rK-0A; Sun, 08 May 2005 16:54:55 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Bullock Family" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Ontbirds]HNC Rare Bird Report - Worm-eating Warbler, Fifty Point C.A. Date: Sun, 8 May 2005 16:47:03 -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 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 08 May 2005 20:40:26 -0000 We found the Worm-eating Warbler this afternoon at 13:30 hrs. at Fifty Point Conservation Area. Same spot as posted by Cheryl Edgecomb. " along the creek that runs down the middle of the park near the large pond where the fishing pond is". Several pairs of birders, including us, missed it in the a.m. The bird was seen high in the willow trees for about an hour before all the bird activity quieted down in the 24 Celsius heat. Associated with 2 warbling vireos, much lower down, who were singing all morning. Specific Directions for the Worm Eater: There is a road in the park that runs east -west between the Fishing Pond and the marina. Go to the East end, where there are picnic tables on the east shore of the pond. The southern most table was been rotated so that it points to the tall willow trees where we first located it. We could identify it with 8x binoculars, but since it moves like a vireo and was quite a ways off , it was easy, and better to follow it with a scope. Underside more yellowy than depicted in Petersen, which helps distinguish it from the less colourful vireos present. The head pattern was unmistakable. Other species: Palm, Yellow, Nashville warblers, RC Kinglets, BG Gnatcatcher, Brown Creeper, Orchard and Northern Orioles. Several nice sparrows near the changeroom on the beach shore: Savannah, White Throat, White Crown, possibly a Fox. We did not see the, Black & White, Blackburnian, Black-throated Blue and or Yellow-rumped Warblers seen yesterday. >Directions to Fifty Point Conservation Area (modified from Cheryl Edgecomb) (I think the fee is $7.50,btw) > > Take QEW Niagara to Fifty Road. Head toward the lake and take the North > Service Road around to the first road which branches off left (sorry forgot the name). There is a sign here pointing to the Conservation Area. Enter the Fifty Point C.A. Once in the park, will see the large fish pond in front of you. Take the road to your right hand side and you go along the east edge of this pond. Down toward Lake Ontario (north) before you get to the road to the Marina, is where we had the bird in the large willows which line the fish pond area and along the creek. Wayne & Fran Bullock Ancaster. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
