London / Chatham area birders: After getting a good report on the nesting Warblers at Skunk's Misery over the Holiday week-end, a friend and I spent a few hours there yesterday . The woods was alive with bird song, and the roadways active with butterflies. We stayed on the road, not entering the woodlot at all. Mosqiutoes / bugs were not bad there , but best not to leave roadside.
Nesting warblers include Cerulian; Parula; Hooded; Chestnut-Sided; and Blue-Winged were there as well. They can be heard / seen from the road. Lots of Yellow W. & Common Yellowthroat. A Yellow-Billed Cuckoo was very obliging, and roadside. Numerous Great-Crested Flycatchers were feeding, and nest-building. Personally, I did not see all those warblers, but others have. Sassafrass Road North was best, Trillium was also good. Best to take time at all of them. Park your car in a shaded area, but keep your car "in View" ! We just moved the car along at intervals. [ --the OPP patrol this road regularily, and will stop to speak 2U ] Good luck, & good hearing, if you go-- Irene Skunk's Misery is found on County Rd. # 14 , half-way between Newbury & Bothwell. County Rd. # 14 is one road North of Longwood's Road [ old Highway # 2 ] Irene Woods [email protected] Blenheim, ON Chatham-Kent Municipality _______________________________________________ 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/
