Friends of Point Pelee provides daily updates of sightings within Point Pelee National Park during the Festival of Birds May 3 through May 19, 2008
No sign of the Lark Bunting as of yet, nor has the Black Vulture been resighted. The south winds allowed an advancement of migrants, and the rain began somewhere after midnight. Thus, a fairly large landing of many species. Birding is good in scattered locations in the Park, though a misty rain continues. At the tip. Many birds. Lots of species of Warbler, including Cape May Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler, Bay-breasted Warbler, Yellow-breasted Chat, Mourning Warbler and Red-headed Woodpecker, particularly on the seasonal trail on the east side near the tip and in the Loop Woods. Sparrow Field off north end of Loop Woods An Orange-crowned Warbler was at the northwest corner, and a Black-billed Cuckoo was noted north of there. Shuster Trail At the water hole before the entrance to Tilden, a Canada Warbler and Mourning Warbler. Tilden Wood Many species scattered throughout. Cape May Warbler, Indigo Bunting, Wood Thrush, Veery, Swainson's Thrush, Rusty Blackbirds, Blackburnian Warbler, Ovenbird and Northern Waterthrush, among others. An uncommon sighting was a White-breasted Nuthatch. A Kentucky Warbler and Canada Warbler were on the seasonal trail in Tilden Woods. Woodland Nature Trail. Not too much reported but a Parula and Hooded Warbler were found near post 16. Good Birding, Hike Leaders, Pete, Ross, John, Dave, Karl, Justin, Kim Janice Rogers, General Manager www.friendsofpointpelee.com _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdssetup.php ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdsguide.php
