This is yet another in a string of fantastic birding days here at Point Pelee.
The north section is still loaded with birds especially from Blue Heron to Sanctuary. Cerulean (M and F) and Blue-winged Warbler were observed at Blue Heron. The female Prairie was still near the Sanctuary lot area. Yellow-breasted Chat as well as good numbers of many warblers like Wilson's and Canada have been seen on the Sanctuary Trail this morning. There were four Vireo species observed including Yellow-throated. Birders in Tilden's Wood watched Canada, Blue-winged, Hooded, Kentucky, and Northern Waterthrush Warblers. Yellow-billed Cuckoo and White-eyed Vireo were also observed. Several Indigo Buntings entertained as well. A Mourning Warbler was pointed out from the coffee / donut table for people behind the Visitor Centre. The Tip area chipped in with Tennessee, Blue-winged, Blackpoll, and Ovenbird. Black Tern were seen off the Tip. Red-headed Woodpeckers are still being seen easily. There was also a Marsh Wren on the east side. A Golden-winged Warbler was on Woodland Trail Both Cuckoos have been seen on Woodland and along the Main Road. Hooded Warbler and Yellow-breasted Chat was just south of the Half Way Stop this morning. There has been no reports from outside the park as yet. Good Birding John Haselmayer, Karl Konze, Ross Mackintosh, Dave Martin, Pete Read and Marianne Reid, Friends of Point Pelee Hike Leaders. ********************************************************************** Point Pelee National Park and the Friends of Point Pelee are pleased to bring you the 2007 Festival of Birds from May 1 - 21. For a complete schedule of events and secure on-line booking, please visit www.friendsofpointpelee.com Our 3rd Annual Fundraising Dinner will be held on Friday, May 11, 2007, with guest speaker Mark Peck. Dress is casual and tickets are $50 ea (with a $25 tax receipt). Contact the Friends of Point Pelee (see website above) for more information. You've asked for a BIRDING PASS and now we've got it! This pass is valid for 3 consecutive days at Point Pelee National Park and Hillman Marsh Conservation Area - with savings of more than 30% from regular gate fees. Passes are available for purchase at the park gate and Hillman Marsh's visitor centre. ************************************************************************* If you would like to respond to this email, please put the phrase hike leaders in the subject line. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu May 10 13:42:06 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from imo-m26.mx.aol.com (imo-m26.mx.aol.com [64.12.137.7]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D94C634A3 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 10 May 2007 13:42:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [EMAIL PROTECTED] by imo-m26.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r9.2.) id 1.c84.13d17c53 (32914) for <[email protected]>; Thu, 10 May 2007 13:42:01 -0400 (EDT) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 13:42:01 EDT To: [email protected] MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: 9.0 Security Edition for Windows sub 5306 X-Spam-Flag: NO Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds] Blue-Winged, N. Parula Warblers at Shoreacres/ Paletta Lakeshore Park X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 17:42:07 -0000 Around 11.00, we found the Blue-Winged Warbler moving thru the bushes at the North-east side of the park, just off the path. Bill Karner Shoreacres Park - on Lakeshore Rd. between Walker's Line and Appleby Line. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu May 10 14:01:06 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from e450.mnsi.net (e450.mnsi.net [216.8.137.207]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61714634C9 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 10 May 2007 14:01:05 -0400 (EDT) Received: from k (dyn216-8-155-151.lon.mnsi.net [216.8.155.151]) by e450.mnsi.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id l4AI11hn006944 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 10 May 2007 14:01:03 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "pimuseum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ontbirds" <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 14:02:49 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Pelee Island May 10 migration X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 18:01:06 -0000 There was a good variety of birds all over the island today but heavy = fog made spotting a little more challenging. A GOLDEN-WINGED and = KENTUCKY WARBLER were spotted at Fish Point this morning.=20 A DARK-EYED JUNCO and a GRASSHOPPER SPARROW were found at Lighthouse = Point yesterday afternoon. Total of species observed in May: 160 Paul Carter, Rob Tymstra, Ron Tiessen Pelee Island Heritage Centre West Dock, Pelee Island, Ontario, N0R 1M0 (519) 724-2291 "pimuseum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----------------------------------------- There will be daily bird hikes on Pelee Island from May 5 until May 20. = Cost is $5.00 which includes admission to Heritage Centre. Meet in front of the = Centre at the foot of West Dock every day at 8:00 a.m. Check into the = Centre for details on best birding areas and current rarities. The Heritage Centre is open from 10 am - 5 pm daily. The foyer contains = a 'sightings board' listing May bird sightings (open 24 hours). = Lighthouse Point is on the NE corner of the island, Sheridan Point on = the NW corner, Mill Point on the SE corner, and Fish Point on the SW = corner, due south of the West Dock. The Sixth Annual Pelee Island Bird Race will take place from noon = Friday, May 11, to noon, Saturday, May 12. Special guest birder is FRED = BODSWORTH. The Springsong Celebration continues Saturday evening with a = 'Talk and Dinner' featuring DAVID SUZUKI with an introduction by = Margaret Atwood.=20 The Bird Race is 'All-Green,' i.e. bicycle or pedestrian travel, with a = public tram making regular circuits of the island (tram provided by = Pelee Island Winery). All teams welcome! Contact the Heritage Centre for = details. =20 Pelee Island Bird Observatory (PIBO) continues its daily banding and = census operation. Visitors are welcome. For more information about PIBO please = contact the Heritage Centre or check the website: www.pibo.ca Pelee Island can be reached by ferry leaving Leamington several times = daily. For times and reservations, call 1-800-661-2220. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu May 10 15:22:21 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from bay0-omc2-s30.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc2-s30.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.166]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52A67634B0 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 10 May 2007 15:22:21 -0400 (EDT) Received: from hotmail.com ([64.4.51.20]) by bay0-omc2-s30.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Thu, 10 May 2007 12:22:21 -0700 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 10 May 2007 12:22:21 -0700 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from 64.4.51.220 by by107fd.bay107.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Thu, 10 May 2007 19:22:20 GMT X-Originating-IP: [74.98.36.35] X-Originating-Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Jay Peterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 15:22:20 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-OriginalArrivalTime: 10 May 2007 19:22:21.0456 (UTC) FILETIME=[881F6900:01C79338] Subject: [Ontbirds]Le Conte's Sparrow and Warbler fallout @ Toronto Island X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 19:22:22 -0000 Hello everyone, What turned out to be a beautiful and very productive day on the island culminated with a LE CONTE'S Sparrow. I might add by far the most co-operative one I've seen. It was seen along the south end of the airport fence, almost at the corner towards the beach on Hanlan's. There is some dogwood along the fence, and right where that ends is where I saw it. I called over another birder in the vicinity (Roger Powley) and we re-found it. Overnight rains made the eastern woodlot on Wards island spectacular this moring with warblers on every tree. All told I had 19 species today. Warblers include: Wilson's (2) (behind the firehouse and Wards) Tennessee (3) all calling! (Wards, Algonquin & Sanctuary) Blue-Winged (Snake) Cape May (Wards) Northern Parula (22) Throughout Magnolia (21) throughout Common Yellowthroat (3) Wards, Hanlan's, Snake American Redstart (12) throughout Blackburnian (7) Mainly Wards and Sanctuary Black-Throated Blue and BT-Green Warblers were in numbers I've never seen before throughout the island. Finally was able to locate a Red-Eyed Vireo this year (Sanctuary loop trail) and a Philadelphia at Wards betwixt the scores of migrants this morning. Other notables include a Canvasback off Snake island. Scarlet Tanager near the Hanlan ferry. Thrushes were everywhere, among the ones I was able to actually get bins on, 20 Swainson's, 9 Veery, 2 Hermit and 6 Wood. Found by Norm Murr and I on Monday and still remaining a Winter Wren at Snug Harbour (which you can hear singing from quite far away). If you need further directions for the Le Conte's you may e-mail me privately. Good birding, Jay Peterson Toronto
