Hey Birders,
An after-second year male Golden-winged Warbler was banded at Fish Point.
Several Wilson's Warblers arrived today. A Yellow-billed Cuckoo and a Winter
Wren were seen at Sheridan's Point (no sign of the Blue Grosbeak). 21 species
of warblers were found throughout the island. The singing male White-eyed Vireo
was still present at the Winery along with a singing Orange-crowned Warbler.
With the recent rain, some of the fields along Centre Dyke and Henderson Roads
have become flooded and shorebirds are starting to arrive. A total of 66
Black-bellied, 1 American Golden, 11 Semipalmated Plovers, 10 Ruddy Turnstones,
30 Dunlin, 1 Pectoral, 7 Least Sandpipers, 8 Short-billed Dowitchers, and
several Yellowlegs were found in these fields. Hopefully something good will
turn up!
Whip-poor Will's are regularly being heard from the Municipal Campground and
along the East-West Road between the lake and Stone Road.
Good Birding,
Ken Burrell
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Pelee Island Heritage Centre West Dock, Pelee Island, Ontario, N0R 1M0(519)
724-2291
"pimuseum" <pimuseum at hotmail.com>
The Heritage Centre is open from 10 am - 5 pm daily. The foyer contains a
'sightings board' listing May bird sightings (open 24 hours). Lighthouse Point
is on the NE corner of the
island, Sheridan Point on the NW corner, Mill Point on the SE corner, and Fish
Point on the
SW corner, due south of the West Dock.
Pelee Island Bird Observatory (PIBO) continues its daily banding and
censusoperation.
Visitors are welcome. For more information about PIBO please visit: www.pibo.ca
or call
519-724-2829.
Pelee Island can be reached by ferry leaving Leamington several times daily.
For times and
reservations, call 1-800-661-2220.
The Eighth Annual Pelee Island Bird Race will take place from noon Friday, May
7, to noon,
Saturday, May 8. The Springsong Celebration continues Saturday evening with a
'Talk and
Dinner'.
The Bird Race is 'All-Green,' i.e. bicycle or pedestrian travel. All teams
welcome! Contact
the Heritage Centre for details.
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