Friends of Point Pelee provide guided birding hikes throughout the Festival of Birds at Point Pelee National Park of Canada. Proceeds from hikes support the Friends of Point Pelee and Point Pelee National Park. This submitted report is a service of the FoPP Hike Leaders.
May 18, 2009 Light winds out of the south did not bring in many new migrants into the Park today, but still a good number of warblers and other migrants distributed through the Park. At the tip there were 2 RUDDY TURNSTONE and a pair of WARBLING VIREO. BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO was reported from the south end of the Woodland Trail. The Tilden Trail produced several male SCARLET TANAGER, a singing MOURNING WARBLER at the intersection with Shuster Trail, TENNESSEE, NASHVILLE, NORTHERN PARULA, CHESNUT-SIDED, YELLOW, MAGNOLIA, BLACK-THROATED BLUE, YELLOW-RUMPED, BLACK-THROATED GREEN, BAY-BREASTED, AMERICAN REDSTART, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT and 3 male CANADA WARBLERS. A CONNECTICUT WARBLER was reported singing east of the Visitor’s Centre in the weeping bed area. Just in is a sighting of the BLACK SWIFT first sighted on May 17th. The Swift was again observed flying over the parking lot of the Visitor’s Centre flying north. Good Birding, Hike Leaders Pete, Karl, Dave, Justin, Todd and Marianne FESTIVAL OF BIRDS MAY 2 THROUGH MAY 18, 2009 -- Janice Rogers, G.M. Friends of Point Pelee Our Point is Pelee 1118 Point Pelee Drive Leamington, ON N8H 3V4 519-326-6173 P 519-326-7925 F 888-707-3533 Toll Free [email protected] 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 information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
