Hi Ontbirders
I notice no one has posted recent information on this amazing rarity
that Bill Gilmour found last evening so, just to update, the bird was
seen at the same location until about 730 this evening when it flew to
the same area it went to last night so hopefully it will be here again
tomorrow morning. It spent most of today in plain view from Bayshore
Rd., mostly at the first cottage east of the Calf Pasture bridge
(usually in dead tops of cedars by the 3 motor boats parked on the
lawn), but also roamed east several cottages and also did a few forays
south of Bayshore into the Calf Pasture field. This morning the bird
began calling and became active around 610 a.m. so as long as it stays
tonight, one hopes a similar pattern will repeat tomorrow. Good Luck
all, and remember these are private properties along Bayshore Rd. so
please stay on the roadside unless invited to enter a property by a
landowner.
Doug
Because Bayshore Road is narrow with few good parking spots, please
access it from Presqu'ile Provincial Park at the Calf Pasture day use
area. Take the park road (instead of bayshore) and follow it; when it
becomes a one way loop, follow it around past the lighthouse and in
about 3 km, go right on Atkins Lane to the Calf Pasture Day Use
parking area. When you go through the underpass, the bird is roughly
100m E of this point or 150m from the parking lot. You can pick up a
park newspaper at the gate which has a map.
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