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--=====================_362326906==.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed At 12:20 PM 17/05/2011, James Churchill wrote: >We are heading to Point Pelee NP and area in the last week of May >(wow!) and would greatly appreciate any recommendations from fellow >birders/naturalists. The park's web site (such as it is) is here: http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/pn-np/on/pelee/index.aspx There is a "Birding Guide to Point Pelee" for sale at the park's Vistor Centre, though I cannot find an on-line source. It is not on Amazon. You can obtain a printer-friendly version of the Pelee Park Map here: http://www.pc.gc.ca/~/media/pn-np/on/Pelee/pdf/park_map_e.ashx In late May the park gates open at 0600, and I encourage you to enter at that time. Drive through to the parking lot at the Visitor Centre, and then walk the 2 km to the tip of the park, and do a lake watch. After activity dies down you can work your way back to the Visitor Centre. By the last week of May the free shuttle service between the Visitor Centre and the Tip does not start until 1000, and that is too late for effective birding. The Visitor Centre should be open by 0800, at which time you can consult a book of recent bird sightings. And don't be shy about asking others regarding what they are seeing: most of the visiting birders will be helpful. It might be late for most migrant birds, so I encourage you to add Rondeau Provincial Park to your itinerary, which has more species of breeding birds. http://www.rondeauprovincialpark.ca/ You could also consider a visit to the Ojibway Prairie Nature Centre in Windsor. http://www.ojibway.ca/index.htm There are some trip reports to southern Ontario listed here: http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/maybank/Canada/ON-Index.htm That should be enough to get you started. Safe travels, Blake ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Blake Maybank maybank@ns.sympatico.ca http://www.flickr.com/photos/blakemaybank/ 902-852-2077 Editor, "Nova Scotia Birds" http://nsbs.chebucto.org Organiser, Maritimes Nature Travel Club http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel author, "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia" http://tinyurl.com/birdingns Downloadable Nova Scotia Maps for inside front and back covers: http://tinyurl.com/mr627d White's Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada --=====================_362326906==.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" <html> <body> At 12:20 PM 17/05/2011, James Churchill wrote:<br> <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">We are heading to Point Pelee NP and area in the last week of May (wow!) and would greatly appreciate any recommendations from fellow birders/naturalists.</blockquote><br> The park's web site (such as it is) is here:<br><br> <a href="http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/pn-np/on/pelee/index.aspx" eudora="autourl"> http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/pn-np/on/pelee/index.aspx<br><br> </a>There is a "Birding Guide to Point Pelee" for sale at the park's Vistor Centre, though I cannot find an on-line source. It is not on Amazon.<br><br> You can obtain a printer-friendly version of the Pelee Park Map here:<br><br> <a href="http://www.pc.gc.ca/~/media/pn-np/on/Pelee/pdf/park_map_e.ashx" eudora="autourl"> http://www.pc.gc.ca/~/media/pn-np/on/Pelee/pdf/park_map_e.ashx<br><br> </a>In late May the park gates open at 0600, and I encourage you to enter at that time. Drive through to the parking lot at the Visitor Centre, and then walk the 2 km to the tip of the park, and do a lake watch. After activity dies down you can work your way back to the Visitor Centre. By the last week of May the free shuttle service between the Visitor Centre and the Tip does not start until 1000, and that is too late for effective birding. The Visitor Centre should be open by 0800, at which time you can consult a book of recent bird sightings. And don't be shy about asking others regarding what they are seeing: most of the visiting birders will be helpful.<br><br> It might be late for most migrant birds, so I encourage you to add Rondeau Provincial Park to your itinerary, which has more species of breeding birds.<br><br> <a href="http://www.rondeauprovincialpark.ca/" eudora="autourl"> http://www.rondeauprovincialpark.ca/</a><br><br> You could also consider a visit to the Ojibway Prairie Nature Centre in Windsor.<br><br> <a href="http://www.ojibway.ca/index.htm" eudora="autourl"> http://www.ojibway.ca/index.htm</a><br><br> There are some trip reports to southern Ontario listed here:<br><br> <a href="http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/maybank/Canada/ON-Index.htm" eudora="autourl"> http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/maybank/Canada/ON-Index.htm</a><br><br> That should be enough to get you started.<br><br> Safe travels,<br><br> Blake<br><br> <x-sigsep><p></x-sigsep> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------<br> Blake Maybank<br> maybank@ns.sympatico.ca<br> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blakemaybank/" eudora="autourl"> http://www.flickr.com/photos/blakemaybank/<br> </a>902-852-2077<br><br> Editor, "Nova Scotia Birds"<br> <a href="http://nsbs.chebucto.org/" eudora="autourl"> http://nsbs.chebucto.org<br><br> </a>Organiser, Maritimes Nature Travel Club<br> <font color="#0000FF"><u> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel" eudora="autourl"> http://tinyurl.com/naturetravel</a></u></font> <br><br> author, "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia"<br> <font color="#0000FF"><u> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/birdingns" eudora="autourl"> http://tinyurl.com/birdingns<br> </a></u></font>Downloadable Nova Scotia Maps for inside front and back covers:<br> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/mr627d" eudora="autourl"> http://tinyurl.com/mr627d</a> <br><br> White's Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada </body> </html> --=====================_362326906==.ALT--
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