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Yesterday I managed to escape out birding for about an hour and twenty minutes to Conquerall Bank. I was rewarded with 12 species of warblers. These included: Black-throated green 6 Northern Parula 5 American Redstart 1 Overnbird 6 Chestnut-sided warbler 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler 4 Wilson's Warbler 1 M Black & White Warbler 4 Palm Warbler 2 Magnolia Warbler 1 Blackpoll Warbler 1 Yellow Warbler 1 Today, Dorothy Poole, Pat Gladman and I took a run to Belleisle Marsh. On the way we stopped at the Mickey Hill Pocket Wilderness. This area was hopping with warblers. There were a lot of Blackburnians with 4 seen by me and others calling. There were also a lot of ovenbirds with many territorial spats taking place. Also of note there was a spotted sandpiper. Belleisle was wonderful. Just before the turn in to Belleisle, Dorothy stopped to watch a field full of butterflies. It was extremely lucky that she did stop as a great horned owl adult was sitting close to the road with a youngster next to it. What a photo opt and we both left our cameras at home. Oh well. Let me know if the atlaser from that area reads this and records the bird as positive nesting in that square, otherwise I will send it through as a casual observation. That is if this species has not already been confirmed at that level within the appropriate square. At Belleisle as Richard reported there were many bobolinks, at least 18 yellow warblers, an alder flycatcher was vocalizing. There were the appropriate duck species that Richard reported and a pair of pied-billed grebes. We also saw Common Yellowthroats for five. We obtained great closeup looks of an American bittern twice. Once it flew right up beside us out of a drainage ditch. Also of note one American coot, at least three sora rails and a virginia rail. James R. Hirtle Dublin Shore _________________________________________________________________ New Windows Live Hotmail is here. Upgrade for free and get a better look. www.newhotmail.ca?icid=WLHMENCA150
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