Good afternoon, There's been plenty of good sightings today at Rondeau, although most don't seem to have been reliable.
Prothonotary Warblers have been seen on Spicebush Trail, Bennett Rd, Tulip Tree Trail and Maintenance, but none have been seen reliably to my knowledge. Worm-eating Warbler was reported on Tulip Tree Trail and Maintenance, but we have no details. Golden-winged Warbler was seen on Tulip Tree Trail. A Grasshopper Sparrow was feeding on the lawn of cottage 38 on Water Rd. near the Marsh Trail entrance. A Clay-colored Sparrow was seen at Pony Barn. At the Blenheim Sewage Lagoons, a Black Tern was flying over the ponds with the swallows. There are very few shorebirds in the lagoons, but the puddles in the fields just to the north had a nice diversity today, including Black-bellied and Semipalmated Plover, Killdeer, Greater Yellowlegs, Spotted, Least and Pectoral Sandpiper and Dunlin as well as American Pipit and Lapland Longspur. Thank you to everyone who contributed sightings and please continue to do so at the Visitor Centre or to me through email. eBird users submitting checklists from the park are encouraged to share them with the username "RondeauPPVisitorCentre" for our records. More information on the park's nature programs and the Friends of Rondeau is available at the Friends' website: www.rondeauprovincialpark.ca. Directions: Take exit 101 from Highway 401 and drive South 16 km on Chatham Kent Road 15. Turn right and follow the signs to the park. Bird sighting information, bird checklists, bird feeders, and breakfast and lunch offered by the Friends can be found at the visitor centre. To reach the visitor centre from the park gate, travel 6 km South on Rondeau Road to Gardiner Ave., then follow it around the bend to the parking lot. I lead guided hikes in the park twice daily - contact the visitor centre for more information. Reuven Martin Friends of Rondeau Bird Guide _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide
