Good observations were made this morning of several Northern Rough-Winged Swallows around the liftlocks at Kirkfield.
On a visit to Wylie Road in the Carden Alvar, we observed directly from our vehicle the following: Upland Sandpiper, Common Snipe, Field Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, Eastern Kingbird, Loggerhead Shrike, Harrier ( female), Eastern Towhee (4), Brown Thrasher and many Eastern Bluebirds, Tree Swallows and several other common species. Lesser and Greater Yellowlegs as well as Blue-Winged Teal were observed at a field pond on Eldon Station Road east of Prospect. We too noticed the new private property signs throughout the area including the several on Prospect Road. As a fulltime resident of the regional municipality in which this is happening, I echo Ron Reid's posting that we be careful where we park and stop especially on Wylie's Road because over the next couple of weeks, ranchers will be moving their cattle on to their pastures using large trucks which require most of the width of the narrow roads. This may be another symptom of the widespread distrust and economic pain being experienced throughout rural Ontario, most of which seems to be ignored by urban governments , so let's all be as understanding as we can by being good ambassadors and hopefully this will not get out of proportion. John Bick Bobcaygeon Directions: Kirkfield is on Cty Rd 48 in the City of Kawartha Lakes east of Hwy 12 or west of Hwy 35. Go north from Kirkfield on Cty Rd 6 to the Trent Canal Liftlocks and then 2.5 kms more for a right on McNamee Rd and a sharp left on to Wylie Rd for the world famous Carden Alvar. Prospect Road is a right turn before entering Kirkfield from the west and crosses Eldon Stn Road a couple of concessions to the south. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue May 2 08:34:52 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from mail.interlinks.net (incoming.interlinks.net [198.73.213.2]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54FF2634BF for <[email protected]>; Tue, 2 May 2006 08:34:34 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Dennis (69-90-48-81.telnetcommunications.com [69.90.48.81]) by mail.interlinks.net (8.13.6/8.13.5) with SMTP id k42CYJVk085336 for <[email protected]>; Tue, 2 May 2006 08:34:30 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Dennis Barry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 08:33:39 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds] Singing Male Blue-winged Warbler, Thickson's Woods, Whitby X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 May 2006 12:34:53 -0000 Tuesday, May 2, 7:30 a.m. A singing male blue-winged warbler was at the north edge of the woods just south of the Waterfront Trail separating the woods and the meadow. It seemed to be by itself, although there were a few other early warblers in the woods. By 8:15 it seemed to have stopped singing. p.s. The mortgage on the meadow will be paid off today!! Many thanks to OFO, its members and everyone else who made this happen nine months early!! Directions to Thickson's Woods To get to Thickson's Woods, Exit from #401 to Thickson Rd. S. Continue south about 1.5 kilometres to the Waterfront Trail, where you will see a large green sign on your left that says "Thickson's Woods Nature Reserve". Park along the east side of Thickson Road and walk east along the Waterfront Trail about 200 metres to where a pathway enters the woods on your right. Trails lead through the woods with two extending to the roadway on the south side of the woods along the shore of Lake Ontario. The entrance to the meadow portion of the reserve is on the north side of the Waterfront Trail opposite the entrance to the woods. Dennis Barry & Margaret Carney 338 Crystal Beach Blvd. Whitby, Ontario L1N 9Z7 905-725-2116 From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue May 2 11:09:19 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from skunk.apca.gc.ca (mail-ext.pc.gc.ca [205.206.15.145]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C558F63A4A for <[email protected]>; Tue, 2 May 2006 11:08:58 -0400 (EDT) Received: from rat.apca.gc.ca ([167.33.57.24]) by skunk.apca.gc.ca (8.12.9/8.12.9) with SMTP id k42F8vaT001908 for <[email protected]>; Tue, 2 May 2006 11:08:57 -0400 (EDT) Received: From pp-vrc-multi.apca.gc.ca ([167.33.142.37]) by rat.apca.gc.ca (WebShield SMTP v4.5 MR1a P0803.345); id 1146582640984; Tue, 2 May 2006 11:10:40 -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: Tue, 2 May 2006 11:08:53 -0400 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on PP-VRC-MULTI/SVR/PC/CA(Release 6.5|September 26, 2003) at 05/02/2006 11:08:55 AM MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Subject: [Ontbirds]Point Pelee N.P. Migration Report - May 2, 2006 X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 May 2006 15:09:19 -0000 A definite influx of birds was noted in the Park this morning with many more birds were heard singing. Musical White-crowned Sparrows greeted visitors upon arrival at the Visitor Centre parking lot. Also heard at the Friends of Point Pelee coffee stand were Orchard Oriole, White-throated Sparrow, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Brown Thrasher and one of increasing numbers of Yellow Warblers. Lesser rarities and new arrivals reported this morning included: Eared Grebe - 1 adult breeding plumage west of Tip train loop Iceland Gull - 1 (1st summer) @ Tip Little Gull - offshore near Tip Hooded Warbler - 2 Tip area, 1 Tilden's Woods Sedge Wren - 1 Tip train area (west side) Red-headed Woodpecker - 3 Tip area White-eyed Vireo - Tip area Blue-winged Warbler - 1 Tilden's Woods, 1 Tip area Ovenbird -3 Tilden's Woods Scarlet Tanager - 1 Tilden's Woods, 1 Post Woods Short-eared Owl - 1 Blue Heron Cape May Warbler - 1 Tip area Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1 Tip area Veery - 1 Tip area Indigo Bunting - a few Tip area American Woodcock - 1 observed flying off the Tip! Also reported yesterday after the update was both Louisiana and Northern Waterthrush from the Woodland Nature Trail (south end by boardwalk). Present at the north end of the WNT were several Rusty Blackbirds which could be heard doing their squeaky hinge call. Reported yesterday from Hillman Marsh was Eurasian Wigeon, Lapland Longspur and several American Pipits. Good Birding Friends of Point Pelee John Haselmayer, Karl Konze, Ross Mackintosh, Dave Martin, Pete Read, and Marianne Reid **************************************************************************** Point Pelee National Park of Canada and the Friends of Point Pelee bring you the Festival of Birds 2006 from April 29 - May 22. The Friends of Point Pelee offer daily birding hikes, including evening hikes from Wednesday to Sunday, May 6 - 22. Quest Nature Tours and Bushnell Performance Optics sponsor County Bus tours on May 6 & 13. Second Annual Fundraising Dinner on May 12, with guest speaker Bobby Harrison, on the Ivory-billed Woodpecker. Visit www.pc.gc.ca/pelee or email [EMAIL PROTECTED] for more information. ***************************************************************************** Janice Sarkis General Manager, Friends of Point Pelee Phone (519) 326-6173 Fax (519) 326-7925 www.friendsofpointpelee.net [EMAIL PROTECTED]
