As of 2:30 p.m., the Prothonotary Warbler was still present in the vicinity of the Bronte Bluffs parking lot. It sings loudly, periodically, but as it generally sits motionless when singing it can be almost impossible to observe in the thick foliage. I finally had a good look while it was feeding in a large Silver Maple about 25 ft. above the ground, in the area between the parking lot and Sovereign House.
Directions: Bronte Bluffs are accessed from West River St., the first street south of Lakeshore Rd and west of the bridge over Bronte Creek. From QEW go south on Bronte Road to Lakeshore Rd. turn right and cross the bridge. Alfred Adamo Woodbridge From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Jun 4 14:14:02 2007 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from paris.bmts.com (paris.bmts.com [216.183.128.227]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D2B2638BE for <[email protected]>; Mon, 4 Jun 2007 14:14:02 -0400 (EDT) Received: from pickup (cvx-os-poolA156.bmts.com [216.183.151.159]) by paris.bmts.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with SMTP id l54IDvv0023683 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 4 Jun 2007 14:13:57 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "mike pickup" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ontbirds" <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 14:27:19 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 X-brucetelecom.com-MailScanner-Information: Please contact Bruce Telecom 519.368.2000 for more information X-brucetelecom.com-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-brucetelecom.com-MailScanner-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Spam-Status: No Subject: [Ontbirds]Huron Fringe Bird Report X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2007 18:14:03 -0000 The Huron Fringe Birding Festival has come to end for another year. One hike our "Bird Till You Drop" our all day trek, from 6:00am to 10:00pm, lead by Michael Carlson ended up with 127 species for the trip. Also on the last Sunday, a hike on the town line produced a Dickcissel. Directions as per James Turland, For those of you who would like to see it, head east from North Bruce on the town line towards Paisley, for 10 klics, turn left on sideroad 33 /34 and it was in the half alive elm tree just around the corner on the right. A total of 166 species for the festival were recorded with 10 new ones on the last weekend, Dickcissel, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Sharp-shinned Hawk, American Kestrel, Lesser Yellowlegs, Solitary Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Wilson;s Phalarope and Red-throated Loon. Our 10th Annual festival was a huge success and the attendance was as expected with approximately 300 birders and Naturalists in Saugeen Shores over the last 10 days. The many hikes and presentations were just what everyone wanted and alll went away with nothing but praise for the organizing committee. Most of our events were held in MacGregor Point Provincial Park, which is the headquarters. Our all day hikes around Saugeen Shores and up the Bruce Peninsula, proved to be very suceessful as well. The park was full of eager birders looking for that elusive warbler, or searching out the many wildflowers that were in bloom and even that fast darting dragonfly or damselfly. Our bird hikes, wildflower hikes, butterfly hikes, tree identification hikes and insect hikes were all well attended. The evening programs and some afternoon presentations allowed attendees to relax after a vigorous morning hike and listen to and view many wonderful slides shows. We had presentations on moths, bats, flying squirrels, birds of prey, owl prowls, night sounds, naturalized gardens, last billion years in Grey and Bruce counties just to mention a few. Keep us in mind for next year and be sure to check the Friends of MacGregor Park website early in the new year 2008 fo our schedule of events and registration information. www.friendsofmacgregor.org Yours in birding Mike Pickup
