[Ontbirds] Pelee Bird Report May 12 Kentucky Warbler, Black-billed Cuckoo, many more

[Janice.Sarkis at pc.gc.ca]

Friends of Point Pelee provides daily updates of sightings within Point
Pelee National Park during the Festival of Birds May 3 through May 19, 2008


No sign of the Lark Bunting as of yet, nor has the Black Vulture been
resighted.

The south winds allowed an advancement of migrants, and the rain began
somewhere after midnight. Thus, a fairly large landing of many species.
Birding is good in scattered locations in the Park, though a misty rain
continues.

At the tip.
Many birds. Lots of species of Warbler, including Cape May Warbler,
Blackpoll Warbler, Bay-breasted Warbler, Yellow-breasted Chat, Mourning
Warbler and Red-headed Woodpecker, particularly on the seasonal trail on
the east side near the tip and in the Loop Woods.

Sparrow Field off north end of Loop Woods
An Orange-crowned Warbler was at the northwest corner, and a Black-billed
Cuckoo was noted north of there.

Shuster Trail
At the water hole before the entrance to Tilden, a Canada Warbler and
Mourning Warbler.

Tilden Wood
Many species scattered throughout. Cape May Warbler, Indigo Bunting, Wood
Thrush, Veery, Swainson's Thrush, Rusty Blackbirds, Blackburnian Warbler,
Ovenbird and Northern Waterthrush, among others.  An uncommon sighting was
a White-breasted Nuthatch. A Kentucky Warbler and Canada Warbler were on
the seasonal trail in Tilden Woods.

Woodland Nature Trail.
Not too much reported but a Parula and Hooded Warbler were found near post
16.



Good Birding,
Hike Leaders, Pete, Ross, John, Dave, Karl, Justin, Kim


Janice Rogers, General Manager
www.friendsofpointpelee.com