[Ontbirds]Gray-cheeked Thrush and Hooded Warbler, Ojibway Park

[David McNorton]

I birded Ojibway Park in Windsor this morning, May 2, 2008.  On one of 
the wet trails towards the west side of the park, a Hooded Warbler was 
singing repeatedly.  It stopped singing at exactly 8:30, as if its shift 
had ended for the day.  

About half an hour later, on the east side paved trail, I was surprised 
by a Gray-cheeked Thrush.  It was an excellent view - this bird had no 
rufous on its tail at all, and a uniformly gray back and head.   It 
didn't have enough warmth in its colour to suggest a Bicknell's Thrush.  
It's my earliest record ever for a Gray-cheek. 

Other firsts of the spring for me today were Wood Thrush and Magnolia 
Warbler.

Ojibway Park is best accessed from Matchette Road in Windsor.