I quit! I spent yesterday afternoon and ALL of today looking for this bird to
no avail. The bird was seen yesterday morning and I do believe that it is
still alive and out there somewhere. To my knowledge none of the other
warblers were seen yesterday afternoon or today either. I spent most of my
efforts today searching the strip of woods north of the channel and wedged
between the railway bed and bay (east of York st.). Birds found: Yellow-rumped
Warbler (2), Brown Creeper (1), Belted Kingfisher (1), White-throated Sparrow
(6+), Swamp Sparrow (1 calling), Winter Wren (1), Carolina Wren (2), Downy
Woodpecker (1), White-breasted Nuthatch (2), several Cedar Waxwing and American
Robin flocks, American Goldfinch (1), Great Blue Heron (1), Bald Eagle (1),
Black-capped Chickadee (25+). Access this birding area by parking in front of a
barrier on Valley Inn Drive. Walk down the road past the barrier, under the
railwaybed bridge and start birding anywhere along the bayshore through that
long stip of woods that ends at the Channel which is opposite where the bird
was last seen on the 1st of Jan. at approx. the 2000m trail marker in Bayshore
Park. When seen yesterday the bird was apparently accompanied by a loose flock
of chickadees and a Yellow-rumped Warbler alongside the bay/marsh about 100-200
meters north of the channel. In short, I have no idea where this bird is so
good luck if you attempt it. There is no real birding trail here and the
habitat can be difficult to access at times unless walking along the railway
bed which is of course frowned upon for safety reasons. I think I've given
enough directions at this point. Google maps is your best option to find where
I'm talking about. Cheers,
Andrew Keaveney
Field Biologist/Ornithologist, Bird and Wildlife Guide
647-383-8894 (cell)
"When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of
the world"
~ John Muir
"Live, eat, breathe birds"
~ Twitcher
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