Hi Ontbirders, There was an enormous amount of bird activity at Mud Lake this morning with 7 species of warbler among the birds I saw:
Yellow-rumped Warbler (lots) Palm Warbler (10+) Black-thraoted Blue Warbler (1) Northern Waterthrush (1) Black-throated Green Warbler (3) Yellow Warbler (1) Pine Warbler I also saw the following this morning: Black-crowned Night Heron (2) Great Blue Heron (5) Belted Kingfisher (1) Merlin (1) Peregrine Falcon (1 flew up the canal north of the ridge, then turned north and flew across the Deschenes Rapids to the Quebec side of the river) Fox Sparrow White-thraoted Sparrow Northern Flicker Ruby-crowned Kinglet (lots) Purple Finch (1 pair) Most of the bird activity was along the ridge earlier in the morning in the fog. The south end of Mud Lake was very quiet. Chris Bruce Directions Take Pinecrest Road exit from 417 and head north to Richmond Road. Turn right onto Richmond and merge to far left lane. After crossing Carling, the far left lane defaults into a left turn lane onto Poulin. Turn left onto Poulin and follow straight. Poulin makes a hard left after approx. 800m and becomes Howe. You will now be heading west. At the first 4 way stop, turn right onto Britannia Road and follow north to Cassels. Turn right onto Cassels and continue to the entrance to Mud Lake. Park alongside the road there. _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
