Hi All, Matt Oswald and I birded at Rondeau P.P. today (Monday) Apr. 30th.
Here's a rundown on what we saw for the day....highlight species are in uppercase....sorry for the late post. We actually had 11 warbler species along with 7 woodpecker spcies. Tulip Tree Trail ---------------------- Northern Waterthrush (1) - very vocal Tufted Titmouse (1) Rusty Blackbird (2) Rose-breasted Grosbeak (2M) - actually in visitor centre parking lot and at feeders South Point Trail ------------------------- KENTUCKY WARBLER (1M) - at bottom of the SPT loop BLUE-WINGED WARBLER (1M) - at bottom of the SPT loop WHITE-EYED VIREO (1) - at bottom of the SPT loop NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD (1) - halfway down the east side of SPT loop Common Loon (2) Red-breasted Merganser - 1000+ with large raft off tip from SPT Ruddy Duck (7M2F) Wood Duck (14) Common Tern (10) Bonapartes Gull (20) Sandhill Crane (3) Great Blue Heron (2) Belted Kingfisher (1) Bald Eagle (1 sub-adult with fish) Sharp-shinned Hawk (1) Cooper's Hawk (1) Northern Flicker (8) Downy Woodpecker (6M2F) Hairy Woodpecker (1M1F) Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (1) Red-bellied Woodpecker (7M2F) Red-headed Woodpecker (1) - halfway down the east side of SPT loop Pileated Woodpecker (1) Eastern Phoebe (2) Great-crested Flycatcher (1) Least Flycatcher (1) - id made when bird was heard calling Tree Swallow (20+) Rough-winged Swallow (2) White-breasted Nuthatch (2) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (25+) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (4) Hermit Thrush (6) House Wren (2) Brown Thrasher (1) Blue-headed Vireo (5) Warbling Vireo (2) Nashville Warbler (7M2F) Yellow Warbler (5M1F) Myrtle Warbler (40+ mostly M) Pine Warbler (2M) Palm Warbler (2) Black-throated Green Warbler (3M) American Redstart (1M) Black and White Warbler (3M) Common Yellowthroat (2M) Chipping Sparrow (5) Field Sparrow (3) Swamp Sparrow (5) White-throated Sparrow (everywhere!!) Rufous-sided Towhee (4M) Spice Bush Trall ------------------------ Blue-headed Vireo (1) Golden-crowned Kinglet (1) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (lots) White-throated Sparrow (lots) Lincoln Sparrow (1) Ovenbird (1) Black and White Warbler (3M) Black-thoated Green (1M) Yellow Warbler (2M) Nashviller Warbler (2M1F) Great Crested Flycatcher (2) Marsh Trail ---------------- Lesser Scaup (lots on bay) Field Sparrow (6) Savannah Sparrow (1) Barn Swallow (2) Chimney Swift (2) Good Birding!! Dave Brown From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue May 1 07:29:06 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from smtp102.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp102.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.36.80]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 506AB638A4 for <[email protected]>; Tue, 1 May 2007 07:29:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 29770 invoked from network); 1 May 2007 11:29:07 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.100?) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]@74.96.237.66 with plain) by smtp102.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 1 May 2007 11:29:06 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: WD2zNJoVM1ne0mpduJHHksDCwpMavZxAT2SYH8hDQFtwmsW7831vAM.PcdTXTNGjUw-- Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 01 May 2007 07:28:59 -0400 From: Mark Cranford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Windows/20070221) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ontbirds <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Ontbirds]Posting Guidelines X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 May 2007 11:29:07 -0000 Birders Spring is always an exciting time of the year. Anyone who visits the field will see more birds and a greater variety of species. That should be a given. I would like to remind everyone that Ontbirds has posting guidelines about the type of birds that should be posted. With over 2000 subscribers, reports of every new bird seen for the year would be overwhelming. We have regular reports (generally sent on Thursday) that supply a good overview of seasonal expectations. Ontbirds is looking for birds that are not easy to find by anyone who regularly birds throughout the year. I guess that means 'rare' but that is in the eyes of the beholder and remains a judgement call. Regardless if you are unsure what to post talk to another birder, another idea would be to visit the library and dig up Clive Goodwin's excellent systematic checklist in A Bird-Finding Guide to Ontario (it's still in print). When you are sure about what you want to post, step back for a second and consider your audience. This is provincial list and reports should be of interest to the list at large. While it is important to alert people of good local areas to bird, continued reporting from the same location may be excessive. Finally Ontbirds is not the Journal of Record. That honour belongs to North American Birds. Documentation of sightings should go to your local naturalist club who forward significant records to NAB. And don't forget eBird.ca sightings submitted to eBird.ca add to our knowledge of birds which everyone including editors and contributors of North American Birds can make use of. For more information visit the following links. For Ontbird Guidelines http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm For A Bird-Finding Guide to Ontario by Clive Goodwin; search a public library such as http://www3.mississauga.ca/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile=dial#focus For North American Birds http://www.americanbirding.org/publications/nabgen.htm For eBird http://www.ebird.org/canada -- Mark Cranford ONTBIRDS Coordinator Mississauga, Ont. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 905 279 9576 From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue May 1 07:40:53 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from bay0-omc1-s6.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc1-s6.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.78]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B02563492 for <[email protected]>; Tue, 1 May 2007 07:40:52 -0400 (EDT) Received: from bayc1-pasmtp04.bayc1.hotmail.com ([65.54.191.164]) by bay0-omc1-s6.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Tue, 1 May 2007 04:40:53 -0700 X-Originating-IP: [64.229.25.237] X-Originating-Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from VALUED7B9600FA ([64.229.25.237]) by bayc1-pasmtp04.bayc1.hotmail.com over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Tue, 1 May 2007 04:40:52 -0700 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Norman Murr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ONTBIRDS" <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 07:40:26 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3028 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 01 May 2007 11:40:53.0113 (UTC) FILETIME=[92DDCE90:01C78BE5] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Toronto Islands - Migration - Warblers, Bobolink, etc. X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 May 2007 11:40:53 -0000 Good morning Yesterday I met Margaret Liubavicius and I met and went over to the Toronto Islands to check out the migrants, etc. and below are some of the high lights and surprises we encountered despite the strong Northerly wind. There are still Bufflehead and Long-tailed Ducks there and we found 2 Wood Ducks, 7 Lesser Scaup and 5 Canvasbacks. Later in the day we spied 7 Turkey Vultures heading east over The Islands. Usual no more than 1 or 2 Turkey Vultures are seen every couple of years down there. We also found a couple of Cooper's hawks, 2 Belted Kingfishers, a nice male (migrant) Red-bellied Woodpecker in The Sanctuary, 17 Northern Flickers thru-out, an early Least Flycatcher, 5 Swallow species, 2 singing Carolina and 1 singing Winter Wren, a Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher, 7 Hermit Thrushes, 3 singing Brown Thrashers, 7 warbler species - Nashville, Yellow, 48 Yellow-rumped, Black-throated green, Pine, 4 Palms, and Black-and-white, a couple of Eastern Towhees, Field, Chipping and Savannah Sparrows and lots of White-throated Sparrows. Our biggest surprise happened as we approached the Hanlans Point ferry dock when we heard a loudly singing bird. We looked at each other and then searched the tree in front of us and found a loudly singing male Bobolink. This bird was the earliest in Ontario for me by 5 days and in the GTA (Richmond Hill) by 7 days. A very good ending to a very nice day. Better and fuller days ahead. --------------------------------------------------------------------- "Eliminate annoying spam! My mailbox is protected by iHateSpam, the #1-rated spam buster." http://www.ihatespam.net
