Eleanor Beagan and I birded the Carden Alvar yesterday, 20 May. Some highlights were:
One Loggerhead Shrike along fence line east of Wylie Road opposite Bluebird Box 10 and another north from Cameron Ranch parking lot on Kirkfield Road 6. A singing male singing Prairie Warbler along Alvar Road west of Wylie Road thanks to a tip from Matt Timpf and later from Ed Poropat and Dave Bishop. Golden-winged Warbler in several spots along Wylie Road including one at the parking lot south of the Sedge Wren Marsh. Clay-colored and Grasshopper Sparrows on west side of Prospect Road near south marsh. Two Common Nighthawks displaying and booming just south of Sedge Wren Marsh at around 7:30 p.m. Least Bittern was singing near Canal Lake Causeway. American Bittern in the Sedge Wren Marsh on Wylie Road. Grassland Specialties: Upland Sandpipers, Bobolinks, Eastern Meadowlarks, Eastern Towhees singing throughout the area. Two Common Nighthawks displaying and booming just south of Sedge Wren Marsh at around 7:30 p.m. Least Bittern singing near Canal Lake Causeway. American Bittern in the Sedge Wren Marsh. We stayed late but did not hear either Yellow Rail or Sedge Wren. The Cameron Ranch and adjoining Windmill Ranch along Wylie Road will soon become Carden Alvar Provincial Provincial Park. Wylie and Alvar Roads have not been graded - go slowly. Directions: OFO Birding Site Guide and Map to the Carden Alvar. http://www.ofo.ca/webapp/site/page/view/articles.cardenalvar Jean Iron Toronto ON _______________________________________________ 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/
