Hi Birders, The weather looked a little too inviting to pass up, so I ventured to the island this weekend for some 'early' spring migration and was definitely not disappointed.
Both days were really comfortable (weather wise) and I had some interesting sightings, with my notable one's listed below among ~100 species: Yellow-throated Warbler - 1 beautiful (*albilora*/white lores) male singing away at Sheridan's Point today (13th). Louisiana Waterthrush - 1 male singing at Middle Point today. Northern Goshawk - 1 young female (big!) terrorizing the birds at the north end yesterday (12th). Glaucous Gull - 1 bird at Wheatley Harbour today (13th) Lapland Longspur - while not that 'unusual', I had a flock of 500+ a few minutes east of Wheatley along Hwy. 3 There was also a Chimney Swift seen by bird observatory staff today. Most of the 'expected' migrants were in evidence and in good numbers. Tomorrow should be even better! To see checklists from both days, click the links below: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S17863924 http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S17876782 In addition to the birds, I had both Garter and Lake Erie Watersnakes, Painted and Snapping Turtles, Questionmark and several Red Admirals. Spring wild flowers were starting to poke up too. For specific directions to locations on the island, please email me privately. To see the ferry schedule, click the following link: http://www.ontarioferries.com/peleeferry/english/schedule.html Good birding, Ken Burrell _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup
