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Archive for May, 2008

Posted by Jocelyn Posted on May - 24 - 2008

Currie Tract, Campbellville

A Worm-eating, a Prairie and a Prothonotary. Any one of these warblers would be worth the trip and the mosquito-aided blood loss, but all three were reported from the same trail Wednesday morning. Unfortunately, not one of three were reported again, but at least I was rewarded with a nice new birding haunt. It took  [ Read More ]

Categories: Field Sketches
Posted by Jocelyn Posted on May - 19 - 2008

Hope Bay

My Pelee trip had whet my appetite for warblers, and I was looking forward to tracking down a few species I’d missed in the park during a long weekend on the Bruce. Wind, rain and cold kept me cottage-bound for most of it, however, and when faced with an early morning snowfall at the end  [ Read More ]

Categories: Field Sketches
Posted by Jocelyn Posted on May - 15 - 2008

Birding the Tip of Canada

I’ve been meaning to make this Pelee trip for years. Three days of birds, bins and what is likely the world’s highest known concentration of knee socks and Tilley hats awaited me when I arrived at noon on Tuesday. Twenty warbler species for me, including a very brief peek at a Yellow-breasted Chat, though some  [ Read More ]

Categories: Field Sketches