Last night, Sunday, July 25, the Chuck-will's-widow began singing at 9:10 p.m. near the power line crossing making 58 calls in 5 minutes (a couple from Wiarton counted) and did not call again until 9:57. Two Whip-poor-wills sang regularly from 9:30 until 10:00 when everything fell silent. I left at 10:10.
Attendance: 5 cars, 8 people. 2 birders drove from Wiarton, 2 birders from London, ON and another from Hamilton were vacationing in the area and dropped by to see Chuck. 3 of us were locals who check Chuck once a week or so. If the birders mentioned above heard or saw anything that I might have missed please let us know. Dan Bone, Fenelon Falls Directions >From Kirkfield take Kawartha Lakes Road 48 about 4.4 km east to Kawartha Lakes >Road 35 also called Victoria Road. Turn left, north, for about 4.4 km to Doyle >Road on right and go just past where the hydro lines cross the road. If coming >from south end of Wylie Road, take McNamee to the end at Kawartha Lakes Road >35. Turn right south for .5 km to Doyle Road and turn left to just past hydro >lines, less than 1km. Birding Guide to Carden Alvar on OFO website http://www.ofo.ca/reportsandarticles/cardenalvar.php _______________________________________________ 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/
