Good morning
Yesterday ( Fri., May 30th ) Ian Cannell and I went up for a shortened day in the Carden Alvar area and despite not going up for the dawn chorus and being ultimately rained out we did find 89 species of birds and for the last hour or so we were graced with the very good company of Sheila and Naish McHugh.
Common Loon, American Bittern, Wood Duck, Ospreys on nests, Northern Harrier, Ruffed Grouse, Wild Turkey ( in 3 locations ), Virginia Rail, Sora, Sandhill Crane, Upland Sandpiper, Wilson's Snipe, Black-billed Cuckoo, R-T Hummingbird, Belted Kingfisher, Red-headed Woodpecker ( south end of Shrike Road ), Pileated Woodpecker ( tapping on a tin roof just north of the Sedge Wren Marsh ), E. Wood-Pewee, Willow, Least and Great Crested Flycatchers, many E. Kingbirds, Common Raven, House, Marsh and Sedge Wrens, lots of Eastern Bluebirds, Veery, Wood Thrush, Loggerhead Shrike, Brown Thrasher, Warbling and Red-eyed Vireos, 14 Warbler species including, Golden-winged, Blackburnian and Canada Warblers, Eastern Towhee, Clay-colored, Field, Vesper, and Grasshopper Sparrows, and tons of E. Meadowlarks and Bobolinks and some more common birds such as Savannah Sparrow, Indigo Bunting and Baltimore Oriole..
Another nice trip up there despite the rain but at least we did get home early this time.
Directions:-
CARDEN ALVAR INCLUDING WYLIE ROAD / THE SEDGE WREN MARSH / PROSPECT ROAD
Wylie Road is north of Kirkfield in Victoria County and Kirkfield itself is on County Road 48 east of Highway 12 and well north of Whitby and about 130 km from Toronto if you follow the roads and not a Crow.
From the centre of Kirkfield go north on County Road 6 passing under the Lift Lock on the Trent Canal and drive about 2
