Rondeau Festival of Flight May 3rd With last nights heavy rain and strong winds, many of the birds in the park were forced to stay grounded, in result allowing another excellent day for bird diversity in the North end of the park. 22 Species of warblers were spotted today with highlights being the continuing Kentucky Warbler as well as a Cerulean Warbler and Hooded Warbler. 15 of today's warbler species were found at the Marsh Trail and Water St area as well as a Warbling Vireo. Most songbirds stayed away from the wind and used the cover of the relative few coniferous trees in the park, making it easy to find flocks and good groups of birds. Wilsons Phalarope, White-rumped Sandpiper, as well as both yellow-leg species were found at Blenheim Sewage Lagoons today in the sewage cells. Large numbers of Ruddy Duck, Bufflehead, Horned Grebes, and Scaups were also found in the cells as well.
Later in the day we also had a Summer Tanager spotted at the Marsh Trail as well as migrating Northern Goshawk to wrap things up! Here are some of the highlights of the day: -Blackpoll Warbler -Hooded Warbler -Cerulean Warbler -Kentucky Warbler -Prothonotary Warbler -Orange-crowned Warbler -Tennessee Warbler -Wilsons Phalarope -White-rumped Sandpiper -Glaucous Gull -Summer Tanager -Northern Goshawk Join us from May 1st until the 20th for the Festival of Flight! 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Point Pelee NP Migration Update-May 2,2018 (Festival of Birds) 2. Yellow throated and Cerulean warbler at Ojibway park in Windsor (Brad) 3. Fish Crows, etc. - Toronto Islands (Norm Murr) 4. Grimsby, ON - Beamer Conservation Area (02 May 2018) 57 Raptors ([email protected]) 5. American Avocet at Hillman (Mark Nenadov) 6. HMANA Call For Papers (JOHN BARKER) 7. Yesterday at Rondeau Provincial Park (Peter Simons) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 2 May 2018 12:09:59 -0400 From: Festival of Birds <[email protected]> To: ONTBIRDS <[email protected]> Subject: [Ontbirds] Point Pelee NP Migration Update-May 2,2018 Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Welcome to the Pelee Bird Festival Migration Report for May 2. Bird activity and variety is on the increase with a good selection of warblers, 15+ species and other land birds this morning. At the tip many birders reported an impressive reverse migration with 100s of blackbirds along with smaller numbers of Baltimore Orioles, Bobolinks, and Scarlet Tanagers moving south. Four species of woodpeckers were noted, Northern Flicker, Downy Woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpecker and 2-4 Red-headed Woodpeckers flying off to tip and returning. Highlights for the morning include a male Summer Tanager at White Pine, Cerulean Warbler along Shuster Trail, and a Prothonotary Warbler near post 12 on Woodland Nature Trail. Other birds of note included Orange-crowned Warbler, White-eyed Vireo, Gray-cheeked Thrush, and Blackpoll Warbler to name a few. Water bird viewing off the Tip and West Beach continues to be good with a nice mixture of diving ducks including Surf and White-winged Scoters, a few Black Scoters, Greater and Lesser Scaup, Red-breasted Mergansers and over 40 Ruddy Ducks were sighted this morning flying by the tip. Good Birding, Festival of Birds Hike Leaders Pete Read, Karl Konze, Justin Peter, Jean Iron, Geof Burbidge, Emma Burbidge, Chris Earley, Chris Coultier, Dave Milsom, Bruce DiLabio, Jessica Linton, Jeremy Bensette, Amanda Guercio and Paul Pratt. The Festival of Birds runs from May 1 - 21. For a detailed schedule visit: www.festivalofbirds.ca<http://www.festivalofbirds.ca> For highlights and other updates follow us at www.twitter.com/PointPeleeNP<http://www.twitter.com/PointPeleeNP> 2, The Festival is brought to you by Parks Canada - Point Pelee National Park and the Friends of Point Pelee. Hikes are generously supported by Quest Nature Tours. Shorebird Viewing Nights are brought to you in partnership with Ontario Field Ornithologists and Essex Region Conversation Authority and Pelee Wings Nature Store. ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 02 May 2018 13:57:20 -0400 From: Brad <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: [Ontbirds] Yellow throated and Cerulean warbler at Ojibway park in Windsor Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 I just had both the yellow throated and Cerulean warblers at the bridge where people take pics of the common birds in the park. I was with Tibor Nagy as well. Ojibway is located on Malden road in Windsor. Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Wed, 2 May 2018 16:25:54 -0400 From: "Norm Murr" <[email protected]> To: "ONTBIRDS" <[email protected]> Subject: [Ontbirds] Fish Crows, etc. - Toronto Islands Message-ID: <1183F76CA98546A19C2932519B1D158F@NormPC> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" This morning Ian Cannell and I birded part of Ward?s Island on the Toronto Islands and following are some of the birds we found though we did not get the fall out we hoped for. We first heard and then observed a pair of Fish Crows for 10 plus minutes ( one of the birds did his ca-ha call continuously ) on Ward?s just east of the Sunshine Seniors Centre and of course these became our birds of the day. Other birds we found in our shortened visit were Common Loons, Great Egret, a pair of Cooper?s Hawks, Woodcock, Carolina, House and Winter Wrens, both Kinglets, Hermit and Wood Thrushes, Gray Catbirds, Brown Thrashers, Blue-headed and Warbling Vireos, Palm Warblers, Yellow Warblers, Chipping, Field, Swamp and White-crowned Sparrows and Baltimore Orioles. A few other birds were seen by three other birders ? Great Crested Flycatchers, Veery, Swainson?s Thrush, Orange-crowned, Nashville, Magnolia, Black-throated Blue and Black-and-White Warblers and Eastern Towhee. Norm Murr Richmond Hill Ontario, Canada You can't see birds if you don't go out but sit and wait for others to find them. ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Wed, 2 May 2018 12:47:32 -0800 From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [Ontbirds] Grimsby, ON - Beamer Conservation Area (02 May 2018) 57 Raptors Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Grimsby, ON - Beamer Conservation Area Grimsby, Ontario, Canada Daily Raptor Counts: May 02, 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total ------------------ ----------- -------------- -------------- Black Vulture 0 0 7 Turkey Vulture 10 54 7471 Osprey 5 6 49 Bald Eagle 1 1 47 Northern Harrier 2 7 40 Sharp-shinned Hawk 9 66 784 Cooper's Hawk 2 5 81 Northern Goshawk 0 0 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 208 Broad-winged Hawk 22 84 1004 Red-tailed Hawk 2 14 987 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 17 Golden Eagle 0 0 2 American Kestrel 2 5 35 Merlin 1 1 13 Peregrine Falcon 0 0 9 Unknown Accipiter 0 0 5 Unknown Buteo 0 0 22 Unknown Falcon 0 0 0 Unknown Eagle 0 0 1 Unknown Raptor 1 1 16 Total: 57 244 10799 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation start time: 07:30:00 Observation end time: 14:30:00 Total observation time: 6.25 hours Official Counter: Sandy Darling Observers: Visitors: Deenah and a few others Weather: Warm to hot with winds gusts from south reaching around 50 kph. As winds increased flight shut down early. Raptor Observations: A dribble of raptors with 10 species including 5 Ospreys, juvenile and female Northern Harriers and second-year Bald Eagle. Non-raptor Observations: Nothing new and number of species down from last week as the birds that use the feeders have departed. Predictions: Rain is in forecast so count may be low. May, however, is the time one can see unusual birds so don't give up. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Sandy Darling ([email protected]) Grimsby, ON - Beamer Conservation Area information may be found at: http://www.niagarapeninsulahawkwatch.org/ More site information at hawkcount.org: http://hawkcount.org/siteinfo.php?rsite=389 Site Description: Hawk migration monitoring at the Beamer Memorial Conservation Area in Grimsby, Ontario is conducted by the Niagara Peninsula Hawkwatch (NPH). All counting is done by volunteers. Not all members are counters nor does a counter have to be a member. Typically one person is the designated counter for each day but other observers present assist with the spotting and identification. Counting is done from a steel observation tower with a wooden floor. For wind protection on cold days, particularly in March, a black plastic wind guard is installed around the tower's platform. This platform easily accommodates ten people but on most busy days, no more than five or six observers would be on it. The site lies within a publicly accessible property owned by the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority. There is no charge for admittance. The tower stands in the centre of a mowed area with a gravel ring road near the outer edge. This provides lots of room to park vehicles (along the road) and set up lawn chairs, telescopes and cameras. Toilet facilities are present. During the counting season, the NPH erect a counting board to display seven day's worth of observation data for the public. The box enclosing the sign contains brochures and silhouette sheets for the public as well as bulletin boards with news and historical sighting records. Directions to site: To get to Beamer CA, take the QEW to Exit 71/72, follow Christie St./Mountain St. to the top of the escarpment, turn right on Ridge Road West, and go 1.6km to Quarry Rd. Turn right on Quarry Rd. and drive 100m to the conservation area. Parking is normally available inside the park. If parking at the entrance or on the roads, do NOT leave valuables in your car. Please note: 1) Data in this report is not official until reviewed and finalized after the end of the season. ?2018 Niagara Peninsula Hawkwatch. 2) Vehicular traffic is again allowed into the park, but visitors are asked to have their cars outside the gate by 3PM. If parking at the gate DO NOT LEAVE VALUABLES IN YOUR VEHICLE!!! ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Wed, 2 May 2018 15:02:36 -0400 From: Mark Nenadov <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: [Ontbirds] American Avocet at Hillman Message-ID: <CADxU7hYcKFbwCouuPK1b_Y7ied5typ65LbFNu-=fpcqjuhc...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" At 2:21PM today I spotted a single American Avocet in the Hillman Marsh Shorebird Cell. Mark Nenadov Blog: http://birds.marknenadov.com/ ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Thu, 3 May 2018 00:57:37 -0400 From: JOHN BARKER <[email protected]> To: Ontbirds <[email protected]> Subject: [Ontbirds] HMANA Call For Papers Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Written by the HMANA Conference planning Committee Posted with permission of the Ontbirds Administrator Announcing the Hawk Migration Association of North America?s 2018 Conference! Soaring Toward the Future: New Challenges in Raptor Migration October 12-14, 2018 www.hmana.org/conference/detroit<http://www.hmana.org/conference/detroit> Conference Keynote Speakers Kate Davis, author and founder of the nonprofit Raptors of the Rockies, is our opening Keynote speaker. She will talk about her 30 years as a raptor educator at schools throughout the West. Todd Katzner, research biologist, will be our Saturday evening keynote speaker. He will talk about his research with Eastern Golden Eagles and how little was known about their migration ecology. Field trips are planned to the Detroit River Hawkwatch, Holiday Beach Bird Observatory, Marshlands Museum, Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge visitor?s centre, and more! Final program and registration details will be available soon on www.hmana.org/conference/detroit<http://www.hmana.org/conference/detroit> The Hawk Migration Association of North America (HMANA) is actively seeking program proposals for our 15th conference, ?Soaring Toward the Future: New Challenges in Raptor Migration,? especially on these topics of special interest, including: Raptor population treads Possible shifts in migration patterns: routes and timing Raptor telemetry and technological advances Conservation issues and threats facing raptors Education initiatives, including young hawkwatchers Challenges to sustaining and maintaining hawkwatch sites Weather patterns and migration in a changing climate Advances in raptor identification in the field Raptor photography Key Dates The deadline to submit a proposal is June 1st. You will be notified by June 11,2018 if your proposal is chosen. Submission Requirements In no more than 150 words, please summarize and describe your presentation and indicate how it fits within the topics of special interested noted above. If your proposal covers topics other than these, please describe why you think it should be selected. If selected, this description will be included in the conference program. Please describe the technical or audio/visual needs for your presentation as well as its proposed length. We anticipate that most presentations will brought to conference on flash drives that will be loaded onto a PC laptop. Send your submission or direct any questions to [email protected]. For all general inquiries, please contact: [email protected] HMANA?s Mission Since 1974 HMANA has promoted and studied migratory patterns and behaviour of diurnal birds of prey. HMANA has set the standard for recording species data; www.HawkCount.org<http://www.HawkCount.org>, a robust raptor monitoring database, and partnered in analyzing count data to interpret raptor population treads with the Raptor Population Index (RPI). Now our network of over 200 hawkwatches across North America is more timely than ever before as field birders, research scientists, banders and the hawkwatching public face serious challenges to our work from urbanization, climate and migratory changes and lack of nature awareness. Please visit www.hmana.org<http://www.hmana.org> to learn more about our work, and we hope you will join us in Detroit in October. JOHN BARKER Etobicoke, Ontario HMANA Director for Canada [email protected] ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Thu, 3 May 2018 11:32:08 +0000 From: Peter Simons <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: [Ontbirds] Yesterday at Rondeau Provincial Park Message-ID: <dm5pr2001mb09070dea46c992f8b7132767ce...@dm5pr2001mb0907.namprd20.prod.outlook.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Yesterday at Rondeau Provincial Park It was a remarkable day at Rondeau with well over 100 species present in the park and bay area. 21 Species of warblers were found throughout the day, with highlights including a Kentucky Warbler on Maintenance Trail as well as Golden-winged Warbler and two very early Blackpoll Warblers. The birds were primarily found in the North-end as well as the North-West parts of the park in and around the Maintenance loop trail as well as the Marsh Trail. It was a great start to spring migration! Here are some of the other highlights throughout the day: -Northern Mockingbird -Prothonotary Warbler -Wilsons Warbler -Clay-colored Sparrow -Cape-may Warbler -Blue-winged Warbler -Gray-cheeked Thrush Join us from May 1st until the 20th for the Festival of Flight! ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide ------------------------------ End of ONTBIRDS Digest, Vol 171, Issue 3 **************************************** _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the provincial birding organization. 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