I did not hear the Chuck-will's-widow last night ( August 2, 2010). I was there from 9:03 to 9:45 p.m.. A Whip-poor-will started calling last night at 9:05 from the exact place that Chuck had always started calling (from the trees just south of Doyle Road where the power lines cross). That had never happened before in the times I had been there. A birder from Scarborough, unfamiliar with the Chuck-will's-widow call, reported to me that on Thursday, July 29 she heard 2 different calls i.e. perhaps Whip-poor-will and Chuck-will's-widow. If any birders have any recent evidence of the presence or absence of the Chuck-will's-widow on Doyle road please email me or phone me. The last confirmation is July 25, 2010. Dan Bone, Fenelon Falls, 705 887-4691
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 _______________________________________________ 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/
