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Subject: [Ontbirds] Golden-winged & Oronge-crowned Warblers, Blk-B.
Cuckoo and others on Toronto Islands
From: "Norman Murr" <normurr(AT)sympatico.ca>
Date: 21 May 2008 5:47am
Good Morning
Yesterday the birds finally decided to send some of their representatives north
for us and this time they sent more than just a token number. I joined Margaret
Liubavicius and Marilyn Murphy for a nice bird filled stroll through The
Islands and on the way we found 83 species of birds despite the lack of
Waterfowl, Raptors and Shorebirds. I did notice that the resident Willow
Flycatchers have still not arrived so hopefully some more birdie days are ahead.
Following are some of the birds we did find.
B-C Night Heron, Canvasback, Black-billed Cuckoo, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, 9
E. Wood-pewees, 24 Least Flycatchers, 11 Great Crested Flycatchers, E.
Kingbirds, 5 Swallow species ( we missed Bank ), 7 House Wrens, 11 Blue Gray
Gnatcatchers, 10 Veery, 31 Swanson's Thrushes, Wood Thrushes, Gray-cheeked
Thrush, 10 noisy Catbirds, N. Mockingbird, Brown Thrasher, 24 Warbling Vireos,
Philadelphia Vireo, 36 Red-eyed Vireos, 23 Warbler species including
Golden-winged, Orange-crowned, N. Parulas, 8 Tennessee, 66 Yellow, 35
Chestnut-sided, 61 Magnolia, Cape Mays, 9 Black-throated Blue, 9 Black-throated
Green, Blackburnians, Palms, Bay-breasted, Blackpolls, 40 Redstarts, Ovenbirds,
N. Waterthrushes, Wilson's, and Canada Warblers, Scarlet Tanagers, Rose-breasted
Grosbeaks, a fair number of White-crowned Sparrows. Lincoln's Sparrows and 68
Baltimore Orioles.
All in all a good day to be out there.
Directions:-
TORONTO ISLANDS ( Wards Island to Hanlans Point - without side trips is 5 km ) -
Now on the Spring Schedule.
To get to the Toronto Islands from Queen and Yonge Streets on the TTC. If your
on the subway southbound stay on it and get off at Union Station, walk south
about 1 km to the ferry docks at the foot of Bay Street at Queens Quay and you
are there. If in an auto on the Gardener Expressway or on Lakeshore Blvd, then
exit at Bay Street and drive south to Queens Quay, there are lots of parking
lots nearby (fee).
There is a fee for using the island ferries ( $6.50 adult / $4.00 for seniors
and students ( all fares are return ) ) and to find out the sailing times you
can phone (416) 392-8193. There are washrooms on the islands as well as the city
side at the ferry docks and you can pick up a schedule at the docks or check on
line.
The 1st boat to Wards Island (my preferred starting point) is 6:35 am and the
2nd is 7:00 am Monday to Friday.
The 1st is at 6:35 am and the 2nd boat is at 7:15 am on Saturday, Sunday and
Holidays.
The 1st boat to Hanlans Point is 8:00 am and the 2nd boat is at 8:30 am Monday
to Friday.
The 1st is at 8:15 am and the 2nd boat is at 9:15 am on Saturday, Sunday and
Holidays.
If arriving in early am ( before 7:30 ) you must obtain your ticket from a
machine just inside the gate so be sure to have $1.00 and $2.00 and / or 25 cent
coins before you arrive at the docks as there is no place to get change and the
machine does not make change. (There is a change machine (up to a $10 bill)
there if you want to chance it).
There are coffee shops across from the ferry docks in the building on the
northwest corner and they are open early. Food and beverages on The Islands when
open are very expensive i.e. soft drinks $3.00. If you are birding from Wards
the soft drink machine beside the fire station sells juice, iced tea, etc. for
$1.00.and $1.25.
For a detailed ferry schedule check the following web site.
http://www.toronto.ca/parks/island/springschedule.htm PS - There is a map of the
Islands at each of the Island side ferry docks and the City side.
All washrooms are now open and most other facilities such as the coffee and
food vendors are open during the week and all are open on week ends.
Norm Murr
Richmond Hill, ON
"Sils mordent, mords les"
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Subject: [Ontbirds]Thickson's Woods-May 20- female Golen-winged
Warbler
From: Siegmar Bodach <sigipatti(AT)sympatico.ca>
Date: 21 May 2008 10:39am
Greetings,
Yesterday afternoon Warbler activity in terms of numbers was probably
the best so far this spring with most species have a mix of male and
females. The most exciting was a female Golden-winged Warbler seen
by several birders in several different locations in the woods between
1:00 and 5:30pm
Yellow-rumps- several
Cape May warblers - 2 (1 male + 1 female)
Magnolia-numerous
Chestnut-sided- numerous
A. Redstart- numerous
Black-and-white- numerous
Black-throated Blue- 3 (2 males + 1 female)
Black-throated Green - 3 (2 males + 1 female)
Blackburian- 2 (1 male + 1 female)
Canada warbler- 1 male
Yellow Warblers- several
Common Yellowthroat- 2
Wilson's warbler - 1 male
Palm Warbler - 1 male
Bay-breasted Warblers- 3 (2 males + 1 female)
Golden-winged Warbler - 1 female
Other birders reported 1 Blackpoll, a N. Waterthrush and a Tennessee
Warbler
N. Parula- heard
Other migrants seen- numerous Veery, Swainson's Thrushes, 1 Indigo
Bunting(male)
1 Phil.Vireo, several Red-eyed Vireos, heard Wood Thrush-1st of season,
Least Flycatcher,
1 Willow/Alder-no eye ring,bigger than Least, less green on back; 1
Lincoln's Sparrow, 1 lingering
Winter Wren, Several Catbirds, 1 White-crowned Sparrow, and 1 female
Rose-breasted Grosbeak.
Good birding,
Sigi
Aurora, ON
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Subject: [Ontbirds]Mud Lake in Ottawa: 16 Warbler sp. incl Blackpoll
From: Jay Peterson <pulchritudinousparula(AT)hotmail.com>
Date: 21 May 2008 10:14am
Good morning ontbirders,
A cool, drizzly morning was worth it. Spring migrants have been quiet in
these parts in the last week but has picked up in the last couple of days with
15 species found this morning at Mud Lake (Britannia). Most notably a BLACKPOLL
was singing and spotted with some patience on the downslope from the east side
of the ridge. Also in that same pocket of warblers was a N PARULA and MAGNOLIA.
Elsewhere, I found a nice CAPE MAY in the trees to the southeast of the
purification plant.
Amongst a flood of Yellow and Yellow-Rumped warblers along the ridge and Cassels
road were singles of BLACKBURNIAN, CHESTNUT-SIDED and a singing BAY-BREASTED
(likely the same bird Jeff Skevington told me about yesterday). An OVENBIRD was
calling this morning in the forest. BLACK-THROATED GREEN and BT BLUE Warblers
are a lot higher in numbers with 7 of the former and 14 of the latter in and
around the area. AMERICAN REDSTARTS are quite common and about 25 are around
calling. PINE Warblers are of course also on territory and singing. BLACK &
WHITE (7) and one NASHVILLE round out the birds this morning. RED-EYED VIREO
have arrived on territory with now 4 singing in the southern area of the woods.
Chimney Swifts are also noted flying about in good numbers. That's it for today.
Good birding,
Jay Peterson
Britannia, Ottawa
Mud Lake is located at the end of Cassels road. You can take Britannia rd from
Richmond and drive north to the end where you meet Cassels and turn right.
Parking is available along the road side. People are allowed to walk into the
adjascent purification plant property for more
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Subject: [Ontbirds]Willet, Minesing Swamp
From: JOHN SCHMELEFSKE <j.schm(AT)rogers.com>
Date: 21 May 2008 10:31am
This morning a lone Willet was feeding with Short-billed Dowitchers, Greater and
Lesser Yellowlegs and two Wilson's Phalaropes in the flooded fields on McKinnon
Road at the south end of Minesing swamp. Water levels are down dramatically
and suitable habitat will probably not last much longer. Also present on the
other side of the road was a Great Egret.
Directions:
Turn north on McKinnon Rd. which is off Hwy 90 at the eastern outskirtsof Angus.
Almost 2 km up the road the fields are flooded on the west side. Just north
of the metal shed is where the shorebirds are.
John Schmelefske
John Schmelefske
# 7360
RR # 4
Alliston,
Ontario,Canada,
L9R 1V4
email: j.schm(AT)rogers.com
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Subject: [Ontbirds]Ottawa/Gatineau 19May08... No Ruff, Eastern Palm
Warbler
From: Gordon Pringle <parula(AT)magma.ca>
Date: 21 May 2008 2:02pm
- RBA
* Ontario
* Ottawa/Gatineau
* 19 May 2008
* ONOT0805.19
- Birds mentioned
Snow Goose
Brant
White-winged Scoter
Solitary Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Upland Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Dunlin
RUFF
Bonaparte's Gull
Red-eyed Vireo
Sedge Wren
Swainson's Thrush
Golden-winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
PALM WARBLER
Bay-breasted Warbler
American Redstart
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler
Clay-colored Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Indigo Bunting
Pine Siskin
- Transcript
hotline: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
date: 19 May 2008
Number: 613-860-9000
For the status line PRESS * (star)
To report bird sightings, PRESS 1 (one)
Rare bird alerts are now included in the introductory message
coverage: Ottawa/Gatineau (Can. Nat. Capital Reg.), E.Ont., W.Que.
compiler & transcriber: Chris Lewis hagenius(AT)primus.ca
internet: Gordon Pringle parula(AT)magma.ca
THE OFNC BIRD STATUS LINE @ 5:00 pm. MONDAY MAY 19, 2008
This is Chris Lewis reporting.
Mostly warm temperatures and sunshine made for a very pleasant week
and holiday weekend
for getting out and enjoying the birds that continue to arrive or
move through. The forecast rain
and unsettled weather did not materialize until Victoria Day and, as
of the time of this report,
here's the latest from our area:
The breeding-plumaged RUFF in the Marais des Laiches East on the
Quebec side of the
Ottawa River has not been reported since May 12th. A late Snow Goose
was seen at the
Embrun sewage lagoons on the 16th, and the first Brant of the season
was a lone bird
(probably wondering where all his buddies were?) at Shirley's Bay the
same day, along with
4 White-winged Scoters.
A couple of good locations for shorebirds on the 16th were the St.
Albert lagoons (Least and
Semipalmated Sandpiper were reported along with Greater and Lesser
Yellowlegs and Dunlin),
and the small ponds along March Valley Rd. west of Klondike Rd. (6
spp. were seen here,
including a Solitary Sandpiper, 4 Lesser Yellowlegs, 20 Least
Sandpipers and a single Dunlin).
The first local report of Upland Sandpiper came from a field near the
intersection of Dunrobin
and Constance Bay Rds. on the 18th, and an immature Bonaparte's Gull
was seen flying down
the Ottawa River at Shirley's Bay on the 17th.
Visits to the Waterfall and Champlain Lookout trails in Gatineau Park
on the 14th produced
several of the regular expected breeders singing on territory.
Red-eyed Vireo, Swainson's
Thrush and Indigo Bunting were noted in various locations on the
17th, and on the 18th at
least one Sedge Wren was very vocal along Torbolton Ridge Rd. near
the railroad tracks.
Among the 24 spp. of warblers that have now been reported from a
variety of locations,
Golden-winged, Tennessee, Bay-breasted, Wilson's and Canada were new
since the 15th, with
some migrants and residents appearing in good numbers. American
Redstarts and Magnolia
Warblers seem to have replaced the Yellow-rumped's in terms of
quantity. Eight species of
sparrows including Clay-coloured, Field, Vesper and Grasshopper are
now on territory south of
the international airport and were actively competing in a mid-day
chorus on the 18th.
Interesting arrivals back on territory in the Mer Bleue Conservation
Area as of at least the 18th
were a singing male of the eastern or "yellow" race of PALM WARBLER,
and a Lincoln's
Sparrow. Pine Siskins - a species that has been virtually absent this
year - were reported from
feeders in a couple of neighbourhoods on both the Ontario and Quebec
sides on the 16th and 17th.
Thank you - Good Birding!
- End transcript
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Subject: [Ontbirds]2 Indigo Buntings (Chelsea)
From: "Brian Young" <brian-young(AT)storm.ca>
Date: 21 May 2008 2:17pm
Hello All,
As of noon today, we have two mature male Indigo Buntings coming to the
feeders in our backyard.
Cheers,
Brian Young
Directions:
12 Kelly Rd, borders the section of Aylmer, QC, about 15 minutes from the
Champlain Bridge, Ottawa, ON.
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Subject: [Ontbirds]Ottawa Area: Red-headed Woodpecker
From: "Bruce Di Labio" <bruce.dilabio(AT)sympatico.ca>
Date: 21 May 2008 12:15pm
Hello Ontbirders
The Red-headed Woodpeckers have returned to the Old Burn Site at
Constance Bay, 7th consecutive year! Two adults were present today and were
also observed on Saturday.
good birding, Bruce
Directions: Constance Bay: RHWP: From Ottawa travel west bound on Hwy. 417
to the March Rd./Eagleson Road and exit right onto March Rd. Follow to
Dunrobin Road and turn right continuing northwest through Woodlawn. At the
hill turn right onto Constance Bay Rd following it for approx. 1.5 km. Turn
left
on Allbirch Road and drive 1.3 km to the " T " intersection. Turn left
on Bishop Davis Drive and then right on Bayview Drive. Follow Bayview
Drive to Ritchie St. Turn right and go a short distance to Whistler
Rd. Turn left and drive .3 km and watch for a gate on the right. The
trail through the burn area is opposite the gate. Parking is limited.
The old burn area is on your left. There is an abundance of Poison Ivy
in the burn area. It is recommended to stay on the trails.
Bruce Di Labio
400 Donald B. Munro Drive
P.O.Box 538
Carp,Ontario,K0A 1L0
(613)839-4395 Home (613)715-2571 Cell
Di Labio Birding Website
Courses and Field Trips
http://www3.sympatico.ca/bruce.dilabio/
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Subject: [Ontbirds]indigo bunting cobalt
From: "The Murphy's" <birdboy(AT)ntl.sympatico.ca>
Date: 21 May 2008 5:17pm
Thought I would let interested party’s know that an indigo bunting was
banded by the Timiskaming banding group last Saturday. Migrants are still
trickling in our first blackpoll arrived at the Hilliardton marsh today.
No virus found in this outgoing message.
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Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.24.0/1459 - Release Date: 21/05/2008
5:34 PM
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Subject: [Ontbirds] Prothonotary,Worm-eating Warblers, Wilson
Tract,Cambellville
From: WJKarner(AT)aol.com
Date: 21 May 2008 3:30pm
Around 7.30 this morning, John and I made our annual visit to the Tract to
check out the Mourning Warblers and other migrants. Going along the main
tract, take the first trail right after the small marsh .The Worm-eating
Warbler
was seen in the low sumac bushes (about 400 metres in) under the hydro line.
Also present Black-Billed Cuckoo, Towhee, Indigo Bunting, RB Grosbeaks.
Continue on the trail thru small wood of large trees and take first trail
veering left..continue left until reaching a pond. The Prothonotary and Prairie
W.(on territory?) were feeding in the birches, left side of the pond. And,
yes,
despite the cold, the mosquitoes were hungry!
To reach the Tract, take the Guelph Line, north of HW40l. The road into the
Tract is across from the Mohawk Race Track, on the right side just north of
the second entrance into the Race Track. There is a small parking area just in
from the main road.
Bill Karner
Mississauga
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Subject: [Ontbirds]Pelee Island report for May 21st
From: peleeisland museum <pimuseum(AT)hotmail.com>
Date: 21 May 2008 4:27pm
This will be the final report of the year from the Pelee Island Heritage
Center.
Migrants continue to filter through including good numbers of BLACK-BELLIED
PLOVERS (280), 3 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS, WHIMBRELS, and a PEREGRINE FALCON. A
variety of warblers (18 species) have been observed including the first MOURNING
WARBLER of the spring.
Pelee Island Heritage Centre West Dock, Pelee Island, Ontario, N0R 1M0(519)
724-2291 "pimuseum" <pimuseum at
hotmail.com>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ There will be daily bird hikes on Pelee Island from May 1 until May 20 inclusive. Cost is $5.00. Meet at the Fish Point parking lot at 9 a.m. Check into the Heritage Centre for details on best birding areas and current rarities. The Heritage Centre is open from 10 am - 5 pm daily. The foyer contains a 'sightings board' listing May bird sightings (open 24 hours). Lighthouse Point is on the NE corner of the island, Sheridan Point on the NW corner, Mill Point on the SE corner, and Fish Point on the SW corner, due south of the West Dock. Pelee Island Bird Observatory (PIBO) continues its daily banding and census operation. Visitors are welcome. For more information about PIBO please visit: www.pibo.ca or call 519-724-2829. Pelee Island can be reached by ferry leaving Leamington several times daily. For times and reservations, call 1-800-661-2220.
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