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
This morning saw strong west winds and started overcast before skies cleared some. It has been a difficult morning for birdwatchers. Hillman Shorebird Cell: (last evening) Mottled Duck, Short-billed Dowitcher, Least Sandpiper. Black-bellied Plovers have been present intermittently in the 100's. Yellow-headed Blackbird seen near Mitchell's Bay on Angler Road. Tip Area: Laughing Gull on east side near Sparrow Field. Wilson's Warbler near tram stop. Main Road: Hooded Warbler north of the half way stop. Visitor Centre ; Whip-poor-will heard between parking lot and Group Camp Area yesterday evening. Reminder there is no entrance after 9:30 PM and Park closed at 10 PM. Woodland Nature Trail: Eastern Screech Owl located and affording good looks. Mississippi Kite seen above east side. Tilden Woods: Blackburnian, Black-throated Green, and Wilson's Warbler. Indigo Buntings and Rose-breasted Grosbeaks. We have had no reports from other areas in the Park as yet. Evening Hike: American Woodcock plus Hooded Warbler seen yesterday evening. 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
