[Ontbirds]black throated green warbler-mud lake port colbourne

[roy sorgenfrei]

Birded Mud Lake Conservation Area today from 10:30 to 1:00 .   My 
highlight of the day was a black-throated green warbler a short way along 
the trail going to the right  as you come up from the parking lot.  It 
was flitting about in the understory & bushes bordering the lake along 
with a yellow-rumped warbler & ruby crown kinglets.   The lake was 
teeming with a variety of water fowl today namely: northern shovelers, 
northern pintails, am wigeon, ring-necked duck, blue & green winged teal, 
wood duck, scaup, gadwell  to name a few.  I also saw two rusty 
blackbirds with a group of red wings on the left trail around the lake 
coming from the parking lot.
 Saw 43 species in all.
 Roy Sorgenfrei (Niagara Falls)

  Directions: From the QEW take hwy 406 to the end in  Welland ; turn left 
at the lights onto E. Main St. & go through the tunnel under the canal 
till you come to the next set of stop lights. Turn right here onto hwy 
140 .  Take this south till you get to hwy 3. Turn right onto hwy 3 into 
Port Colbourne & cross the canal.  Turn right unto Elm St.  Follow Elm 
St. north for about 2km,  You will see the sign & parking lot for Mud 
Lake on the right.