[Ontbirds]
White-eyed Vireo Tufted Titmouse Rattray Marsh Mississauga
Andrew Don
adon14 at cogeco.ca
Sat May 17 14:41:59 EDT 2008
Went to Rattray Marsh for quick look around before the rain and was very quiet except for a little flock on a trail behind the main boardwalk. Saw a white-eyed vireo right by my face. Also there was a tufted titmouse (same one seen all year?), northern parula, mourning warbler, blackburnian, chesnut-sided and american redstart.
Another noteworthy sight was a cooper's hawk chasing a pileated woodpecker while the other pileated called nonstop. Not sure if the cooper's just scaring the pileateds away from a nest or if it can take a pileated for breakfast.
Other birds seen included wilson's warbler, tennessee warbler, magnolia warbler, black and white warbler, many yellows and few yellow-rumped, blue-headed, red-eyed and warbling vireos, pair of great crested flycatchers and a sora calling from the marsh bridge.
Directions:
Go south down to the end of Bexhill which runs south of Lakeshore about 5 long blocks east Southdown Road; park at the metal gate. The marsh and knoll trail start at the bottom of hill from the parking area. This gets you into, more or less, the middle of main area of the marsh.
The vireo and other mixed flock was being seen to the west or right when you get to the bottom of the hill, there is a trail offshooting just before the bridge over the creek, goes to the northwest, when get to some low wet areas check the brush there.
I have photos of the wilson's warbler and other birds at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrew-don/
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