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[Ontbirds] Long Point Update September 28 - Western Kingbird (present), Brant, Yellow-breasted Chat, Connecticut Warbler.

SM
Stu Mackenzie
Fri, Sep 28, 2018 10:40 PM

While a great number of Ontario birders are at Pelee this weekend for the
Ontario Field Ornithologists' Convention http://ofo.ca/convention/index ,
some may fancy a trip through Long Point on their way to and from.

The Long Point Bird Observatory sightings board is updated to September 28 -
. Highlights from this past week include Western Kingbird (still present
this afternoon) along Front Rd. between Clear Creek and Coves Rd.), and six
record-early Brant September 27. Not listed on the sightings board was a
Yellow-breasted Chat and Connecticut Warbler at the Tip this morning.

You can find all of these location in the Long Point Birding
Trail<http://www.birdscanada.org/longpoint/index.jsp?targetpg=lpbt
http://www.birdscanada.org/longpoint/index.jsp?targetpg=lpbt&lang=EN
&lang=EN>.

To get to Long Point, follow the birds, or head south on Hwy 59 from the 401
until you hit the lake.

Visitors are always welcome at the Old Cut Research Station, and daily
birding hikes depart Old Cut one hour after sunrise. Follow @LongPointBirdOb
on Twitter http://facebook.com/LPBObs , @LPBObs on Facebook
http://facebook.com/LPBObs , or @longpointbirds on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/longpointbirds/  for daily updates on birding at
Long Point.

Contact me off-list if you'd like to be a part of the LPBO Bird Alert Group
(requires a mobile phone and WhatsApp) which is the front lines for birds of
interest in the Long Point area.

Good birding,

Stu

While a great number of Ontario birders are at Pelee this weekend for the Ontario Field Ornithologists' Convention <http://ofo.ca/convention/index> , some may fancy a trip through Long Point on their way to and from. The Long Point Bird Observatory sightings board is updated to September 28 - . Highlights from this past week include Western Kingbird (still present this afternoon) along Front Rd. between Clear Creek and Coves Rd.), and six record-early Brant September 27. Not listed on the sightings board was a Yellow-breasted Chat and Connecticut Warbler at the Tip this morning. You can find all of these location in the Long Point Birding Trail<http://www.birdscanada.org/longpoint/index.jsp?targetpg=lpbt <http://www.birdscanada.org/longpoint/index.jsp?targetpg=lpbt&lang=EN> &lang=EN>. To get to Long Point, follow the birds, or head south on Hwy 59 from the 401 until you hit the lake. Visitors are always welcome at the Old Cut Research Station, and daily birding hikes depart Old Cut one hour after sunrise. Follow @LongPointBirdOb on Twitter <http://facebook.com/LPBObs> , @LPBObs on Facebook <http://facebook.com/LPBObs> , or @longpointbirds on Instagram <https://www.instagram.com/longpointbirds/> for daily updates on birding at Long Point. Contact me off-list if you'd like to be a part of the LPBO Bird Alert Group (requires a mobile phone and WhatsApp) which is the front lines for birds of interest in the Long Point area. Good birding, Stu