Hi Ontbirders Yesterday, August 16, I had a large flock of warblers at Dillon Cove, which is just nw of Parry Sound, on the shores of Georgian Bay. There were 8 species in one willow shrub beside the porch. These included Nashville, Chestnut-sided, Yellow-rumped, Black-throated Green, Blackburnian, Black & White, American Redstart and Canada Warbler. Also Red-eyed Vireo, Black-capped Chickadees and Hairy Woodpecker. The warbler flock contained young Black-throated Greens and American Redstart young still begging to be fed. By coincidence, last year, on the same date, August 16, I had the same warbler activity (11 species) also in the same willow bush beside the porch. The Purple Finches and goldfinches are still at the feeders but are gorging on oilseed now and the niger seed is mostly being ignored. On July 24 and again July 25, I had juvenile Purple Finches die from striking the windows, my only deaths this year. On July 31, I observed a female goldfinch gathering nesting material, right after someone posted that they had started nesting. Today, I rescued an Eastern Massassauga Rattlesnake off the Dillon Road where it was basking. There have been a few road kills of rattlers in recent years in this stretch. However, it probably crawled back up onto the warm pavement again as soon as I left. Directions: Dillon Cove is at the end of Dillon Road which runs off of Hwy #559. Hwy #559 runs west off of #69, just north of Nobel, and goes to Killbear Prov. Park. Jean Niskanen Dillon Cove, jniskan@vianet.on.ca "Jean Niskanen" <jniskan@vianet.on.ca>