An adult male Harris's Sparrow was observed yesterday afternoon (May 25th) on South Shore Road on Pelee Island - Julia Marko (PIBO - photographed) and a Connecticut Warbler and Northern Mockingbird were observed at Fish Point this morning (PIBO).
Pelee Island Heritage Centre West Dock Pelee Island, Ontario, N0R 1M0 (519) 724-2291 From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu May 26 11:37:55 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 3D11E649D3 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 26 May 2005 11:37:55 -0400 (EDT) Received: from fisher.pch.gc.ca by beaver.pch.gc.ca via smtpd (for king.hwcn.org [199.212.94.68]) with ESMTP; Thu, 26 May 2005 11:55:13 -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 j4QFtChK023419 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 26 May 2005 11:55:12 -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 1117122910802; Thu, 26 May 2005 11:55:10 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected] X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 5.0.8 June 18, 2001 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 11:55:07 -0400 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on PP-VRC-MULTI/SVR/PC/CA(Release 6.5|September 26, 2003) at 05/26/2005 11:55:10 AM MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Subject: [Ontbirds]Point Pelee Report for May 26 (Thursday) X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 15:37:55 -0000 Point Pelee Report for May 26 (Thursday) Compared to yesterday, today is a bit slower but still active with a variety of migrants. Still a good selection of warblers including early species such as Yellow-rumped, Palm, etc. Mourning Warblers continue to be heard singing throughout the park. The occasional Olive-sided Flycatcher can also be found throughout. Birds reported today included the following: Summer Tanager -- two adult males singing in Tilden's Woods. Hooded Warbler -- one male north of the Visitor Centre, on the trail to the campground Acadian Flycatcher -- east side of Woodland Nature Trail Red-necked Phalarope -- NW Hillman Marsh (shorebird cell). Late yesterday the following were seen: Blue Grosbeak -- female at Sanctuary Picnic Area (Marianne Reid) Kentucky Warbler -- singing male on east side of Woodland Nature Trail Kentucky Warbler -- female just N of Pioneer Picnic Area on the seasonal trail Least Bittern -- one calling out from Sanctuary Picnic Area, and probably the same after sunset from the Marsh Boardwalk. Least Bittern -- several at Wheatley Provincial Park. HILLMAN MARSH -- the shorebird cell is now being drained, but late yesterday there was still a good variety including Wilson's Phalarope (7), Dunlin, Whimbrel (9), Semipalmated Plover and Semipalmated Sandpiper. Good Birding, Friends of Point Pelee John Haselmayer, Karl Konze, Ross Mackintosh, Dave Martin, Pete Read and Alan Wormington **************************** Point Pelee National Park of Canada and the Friends of Point Pelee brings you the Festival of Birds 2005, from April 30 - May 31. The Friends of Point Pelee offers daily birding hikes, including evening hikes from Wednesday to Saturday to May 21. Quest Nature Tours and Bushnell Performance Optics sponsor County Bus Tours on May 7 & 14. First Annual Fundraising Dinner, Friday, May 13 with guest speaker, Chris Earley. Visit www.pc.gc.ca/pelee or email [EMAIL PROTECTED] for more information. *********************************************
