Despite the rain this morning the birding has beed very good, all the warblers are down low and giving great looks. Seen this morning with only a few people reporting so far are, Blue-winged, Tennesee, Nashville, N. Parula, Yellow, Chestnut-sided, Magnolia, Cape May, Black-throated Blue, Yellow-rumped, Black-throated Green, Blackburnian, Palm, Bay-breasted, Black and white, A. Redstart, Prothonotary, Ovenbird, N. Waterthrush, Mourning, C. Yellow-throat, Hooded, Wilson and Canada Warblers. These Warblers were all seen on Spicebush Trail and Bennet Rd.
Last night the Chuck-wills-widow was heard calling again from the Vistor center Parking lot, it was first heard at 9:05 and was fairly distant. It soon moved very close and was almost the only thing you could hear until a Whip-poor-will started up as well. Tulip Tree Trail proved fruitful early yesterday evening with 2 male Hooded Warblers, Brewster's Warbler, Prthonotary, Swainson's Thrush and some where inthe range of 15-20 Northern Parula. Good Birding, Ross Wood Directions: from Hi-way 401 take exit 101 (approx. 50 minutes west of London) follow signs south to park. Once in the park to get the the visitor center follow Rondeau rd. straight back until it ends(approx. 8km) then turn left on Gardiner, follow for 1.5km until you reach the VC on the right. ---------------------------------------- Upgrade your account today for increased storage; mail forwarding or POP enabled e-mail with automatic virus scanning. Visit our member benefits page at https://members.canada.com/benefits.aspx for more information. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri May 12 12:37:57 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from tomts22-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts22.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.184]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C7F7634A9 for <[email protected]>; Fri, 12 May 2006 12:37:42 -0400 (EDT) Received: from jean-bapu1sw48i.sympatico.ca ([69.158.109.4]) by tomts22-srv.bellnexxia.netESMTP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <[email protected]>; Fri, 12 May 2006 12:37:42 -0400 Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.1 Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 12:37:48 -0400 To: [email protected] From: Jean Iron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: [Ontbirds]Swainson's Warbler in Toronto X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 16:37:58 -0000 I just had a call from Attila Fust who saw and heard a Swainson's Warbler in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto. He observed it from 8 - 8:15 this morning (12 May) while doing a warbler survey for the Toronto Ornithological Club. It was singing about 10 - 12 metres high. Its location is the middle of the east side of the cemetery along the paved road between Mount Pleasant Blvd and Bayview Ave. Attila's description of its appearance and song were very convincing. Good birding, Ron Pittaway Minden & Toronto ON
