Cold north winds did not deter many birders from venturing down to Thickson's Woods on Friday May 10, where over the AM hours they found a number of wonderful areas to stand and enjoy some good birding. Highlights would be-- Virginia Rail singing, House Wren and Carolina Wren singing, 2 Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, Swainson's Thrush, GREY-CHEEKED THRUSH, SCARLET TANAGER, 3 INDIGO BUNTINGS, Warbling Vireo, Blue-headed Vireo, ORCHARD ORIOLE, several Baltimore Orioles, BROWN THRASHER, CHIMNEY SWIFT, and the following WARBLERS--CAPE MAY, Yellow, Yellow-rumped, Magnolia, Chestnut-sided, Nashville, Black-&-White, Chestnut-sided, Ovenbird, Black-&-White, many PALMs, Black-throated Green, Black-throated Blue and CANADA. At one point both adults and the 2 8-week-old Great Horned Owls were in the same interior deciduous tree; later they were located high in the tops of an Eastern White Pine tree-- there are still rabbits to be observed!!! Thickson's is near the foot of Thickson's Rd., accessed from the 401, in southeast Whitby. Doug Lockrey, Whitby, ON "Doug Lockrey" <lockrey33@rogers.com>