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[Ontbirds] Yellow-headed Blackbird Port Rowan / Long Point

SM
Stu Mackenzie
Tue, Apr 30, 2019 7:12 PM

Hi everyone,

For those considering a birding trip to Long Point, there is an adult male
Yellow-headed Blackbird frequenting Port Rowan since. He was first notived
on Sunday, but has been especially cooperative today. He has frequently
observed at feeders (mostly empty :| ) along Price St., but has wandered
elsewhere in town. He's calling regularly which is the easiest way to find
him.

Otherwise migration has generally been slow at Long Point, but there are
always some goodies around - White-eyed Vireos have been frequenting Old Cut
with some regularity - never easy to find; four Marbled Godwit were observed
at Lee Browns WMA last Sunday; and 2 American Avocet flew past the Tip
earlier this morning. More to come in the sightings board update at the end
of the week -
https://www.birdscanada.org/longpoint/index.jsp?targetpg=lpbosight

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-line for birds of
interest in the Long Point area, but birds of provincial significance will
also be posted to Ontbirds when appropriate.

Directions: To get to Long Point, follow the birds, or head south on Hwy 59
from the 401 until you hit the lake. You can find all of the locations
mentioned within 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>.

Good birding,

Stu

Stuart A. Mackenzie

Director, Migration Ecology

Bird Studies Canada | Études d'Oiseaux Canada

PO Box 160, 115 Front Rd. Port Rowan, Ontario. N0E 1M0.

Office: (519)-586-3531 X 162 | Mobile:820-6040

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Hi everyone, For those considering a birding trip to Long Point, there is an adult male Yellow-headed Blackbird frequenting Port Rowan since. He was first notived on Sunday, but has been especially cooperative today. He has frequently observed at feeders (mostly empty :| ) along Price St., but has wandered elsewhere in town. He's calling regularly which is the easiest way to find him. Otherwise migration has generally been slow at Long Point, but there are always some goodies around - White-eyed Vireos have been frequenting Old Cut with some regularity - never easy to find; four Marbled Godwit were observed at Lee Browns WMA last Sunday; and 2 American Avocet flew past the Tip earlier this morning. More to come in the sightings board update at the end of the week - https://www.birdscanada.org/longpoint/index.jsp?targetpg=lpbosight 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-line for birds of interest in the Long Point area, but birds of provincial significance will also be posted to Ontbirds when appropriate. Directions: To get to Long Point, follow the birds, or head south on Hwy 59 from the 401 until you hit the lake. You can find all of the locations mentioned within 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>. Good birding, Stu Stuart A. Mackenzie Director, Migration Ecology Bird Studies Canada | Études d'Oiseaux Canada PO Box 160, 115 Front Rd. Port Rowan, Ontario. N0E 1M0. Office: (519)-586-3531 X 162 | Mobile:820-6040 <mailto:smackenzie@birdscanada.org> smackenzie@birdscanada.org| <http://www.birdscanada.org/> birdscanada.org | <http://www.motus-wts.org/> motus.org| <http://www.birdscanada.org/lpbo> birdscanada.org/lpbo