Good morning
Yesterday Ian cannell and I went down to the Long Point for some early migration birding and despite the slow progesss of same this year so far we did see some decent birds down there and on the way home. Below are some of the birds seen.
Bird Sttudies Canada Pond area
- a nice juvenile Little Blue Heron - has been there for 3 days
- 1 Green Heron
- Wood Duck
- 2 Bobolinks
- 1 Carolina Wren
- Lesser Yellowlegs and Wilsons Snipe
Old Cut Woods area
- Turkey Vultures
- Chimney Swifts
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Purple Martins, Barn, Bank, Tree and Rough-winged Swallows
- Red-breasted Nuthatch,
- 11 House Wrens
- 2 Blue - gray Gnatcatchers
- Swainson's Thrush
- Blue-headed Vireo
- Yellow Warblers
- Yellow-rumped Warblers
- 3 Pine Warblers together - all sininging
- 12 Chipping Sparrows
- 2 Field Sparrows
- 2 Baltimore Orioles
- 1 male Purple Finch singing
Long Point Provincial Park
- Turkey Vultures
- 3 Sandhill Cranes very low overhead
- Belted Kingfisher
- Same Swallows as at Old Cut Woods
- Red-breasted Nuthatch
- 8 House Wrens
- 9 Blue-gray Gnatcatchers
- 2 Brown Thrashers
- 3 Yellow Warblers
- 6 Palm Warblers
- 23 Yellow-rumped Warblers
- 3 Eastern Towhees
- 17 Chipping Sparrows
- 11 Field Sparrows
- Swamp Sparrow
- White-crowned and White-throated Sparrows
Shoreacres / Palleta Park
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- many Tree Swallows overhead
- White-eyed Vireo
- Yellow-rumped Warblers
- Black-throated green Warbler
We also saw 5 Wild Turkeys, 2 Eastern Bluebirds and 4 Deer on the way down and back.
Another nice day of birding with Ian and the weather was again cooperating.
Directions:-
SHOREACRES / PALETTA PARK IN BURLINGTON
Exit the QEW Highway at Appleby Line. Drive south towards the lake to Lakeshore Road. Turn right (west) on Lakeshore Road and drive a short distance to Shoreacres Road (on your right). The park is across the street on the south side.
The last street from the east before the park is Blue Water Place (on your left) and from the west is Inglewood Drive (on your right).
OLD CUT WOODS AT LONG POINT
Old Cut Woods at Long Point is southwest of Hamilton, directly south of Port Rowan. To reach it you can drive south on Hwy 6 from Hamilton, passing through Hagersville and turning right, west in Jarvis onto Hwy 3, drive to Simcoe and turn left, south on Hwy 24 and follow this to Hwy 59, ( it curves to the west south of town) turn left, south on Hwy 59 and drive right down about 8 km and past the golf coarse and you will be on the causeway (Long Point Rd).
Drive on across the bridge and continue past the marina on your left. The road comes to Lake Erie where it curves to the left (Erie Blvd) through the cottage / retail business area. Continue driving until you come to Old Cut Road. Turn left and drive a couple of hundred yards down this road (you will see the entrance to the banding area on your right) this is the entrance to Old Cut Woods. Drive another 100 feet or so and you will see a parking area on your left. Park here and walk across the road to the woods.
NOTE: Be sure to lock your car and put your valuables out of sight).
BIRD STUDIES CANADA - PORT ROWAN
From Hwy 59 just before the Long Point drive along Lakeshore Road (AKA Front Street) a short distance and you will see the Pond and the Bird Studies Canada buildings.
Drive into the parking lot and walk beside and behind the building to view the pond and to access the walking trail that also affords a view of a second pond ( "Bucks" Pond ).
