May 6, 2022 - Rondeau Provincial Park and Keith McLean Conservation Area and a Quiet Day for the Birds today

 We left the motel at 7:30 am and drove to Rondeau.  It was cloudy and cool.  The winds picked up in the afternoon.

In Rondeau, it started raining lightly and it rained all morning and into the afternoon.  We walked  Warblers' Way and then we walked over to the Marsh Trail.  There was a Henslow's Sparrow reported up the trail a ways.  We met a photographer coming out at the entrance of the trail and he said the views of the bird were not good. He said there were people there so we would know when we got to the spot.  So we continued on the trail.  We saw the group of photographers and they said "there it is".  We had great views of the Henslow's.  We were there for about 5 minutes and said thank you and left.  An easy new bird for us. 

 At Tulip Trail it was really quiet.  At the Beach trail it was really quiet.  We walked to the beach and Lake Erie was wild.  No ducks were seen out there.  We had lunch here in the car as it was still raining and still cool.  We also walked Spicebush Trail which was really quiet.  We met a lady who lives on the Lakeshore Drive and told us about a Black throated Blue visiting her Oriole Feeder.  We found her place and could see Baltimore Orioles and Ruby throated Hummingbirds coming and going.   

From here we went to Keith McLean Conservation Area but the wind had picked up considerably and so it was hard to see through the scope.  We saw Dunlin, Sanderling and Spotted Sandpiper.   

We met other birders today and we all found that it was very quiet with the birds today.

We went back to a pub in Rondeau and some of us ordered take out.  We ended the day with 153 bird species to-date for this trip.