HI All So sorry I forgot to mention that the Park Pass sale is on at Pelee, 25% off the annual price until the end of March.
You can pay at the gate or call them, I have found them quite accommodating. Details on their web site. Good Birding, Ellen --- On Sun, 2/8/09, E. Smout <[email protected]> wrote: > From: E. Smout <[email protected]> > Subject: [Ontbirds] Spotted Towhee - Point Pelee NP > To: "ontbirds" <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, February 8, 2009, 8:23 PM > Hi All > > Today at noon, Martin Blagdurn & I saw the Spotted > Towhee just behind (east) of the 42 sign at the tip of Point > Pelee National Park. It was hanging out with some Tree > Sparrows. > > Coming from south of the tip were a number of Horned Larks, > off the tip were Goldeneyes, Common Mergansers, Ring Billed > Gulls, Black Back Gulls & Herring Gulls. > > We also saw 25 female Turkeys in the area across from the > entrance of the Dunes and 15 male Turkeys about 200 yds > north of the group of females. > > There was a small group of American Robins near the > entrance of the Park and we also found a group of about 60 > at Mersea 19 & Concession C. Both groups contained > small numbers of the Atlantic Race of Robins. These are > larger, much darker with almost no white striping under the > chin. > > It was sunny and warm at Pelee, well above 0. The lake is > still quite frozen around the Point, but some open water is > appearing at the tip. More as the day went on! There is > still quite a bit of snow there despite today's melt. > > Good Birding > > Ellen Smout > London, Ontario > > > > > _______________________________________________ > ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - > the provincial birding organization. > Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list > [email protected] > For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/ _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
