Hi All! Well, it's been a while since I've posted - but we're back with regular reports (every 2-3 days) throughout the fall at the very least.
It's an extremely windy day here in the park and as such, the birds that are around are hunkered down in the more sheltered parts of the park. There has been a nice diversity of warblers around the park over the last week, continuing today. At a short jaunt to Blue Heron, I saw the following highlights Canada Warbler (2) Blackpoll Warbler) Bay-breasted Warbler Magnolia Warbler Common Yellowthroat American Redstart Cape May Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Wilson's Warbler E. Wood Pewee There are good numbers of Cedar Waxwings throughout the park right now and an actively feeding group of Eastern Phoebes in the DeLaurier parking lot. I also noted a pair of Sandhill Cranes flying over the Marsh this morning. A Connecticut Warbler was noted yesterday along the Woodland Nature Trail. All the typical spots for warblers in the park have been good. The Tip is particularly good first thing in the morning - the shuttle will start running daily at 8 am on September 7, until Thanksgiving. The soccer complex, north of the park on Mersea Rd 12, continues to the be good for shorebirds, and an ideal location for Buff-breasted Sandpipers (when there aren't any games on). The gates to the complex are mostly locked when there are not games that day, so observing from the road is the norm. The shoulders are pretty wide in this section, but be aware there are a lot of large, slow moving farm vehicles on this road. A scope is a must. Recent trips to the onion fields by several observers have not been fruitful. Butterflies continue to amaze this fall - there were Giant Swallowtails everywhere you looked today, along with Viceroys, Black Swallowtails, Spicebush Swallowtails and of course Monarchs. We have yet to see any significant movements of Monarchs through the park to date. We will be Tweeting Monarch numbers throughout September, starting on the evening of the 7th. (www.twitter.com/PointPeleeNP, or check out our web page - www.parkscanada.gc.ca/pelee) Good birding everyone! Sarah Sarah Rupert Sr. Park Interpreter, Interpretation Coordinator Interprète de parc principale, Coordinatrice d'interprétation Point Pelee National Park/Parc national de la Pointe-Pelée Parks Canada/Parcs Canada 519.322.5700 ext/poste 223 519.322.1678 (fax/téléc) [email protected] www.pc.gc.ca _______________________________________________ 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/
