-----Original Message-----
From: Russ Tkachuk <rtkachuk at dccnet.com>
To: Wayne Weber <WAYNE_WEBER at bc.sympatico.ca>
Date: Wednesday, December 15, 1999 1:21 AM
Subject: Hooded Warbler


>
>Yes, I got the Hooded Warbler at 08:45 this morning (14 Dec 1999)!
Doug
>Brown and I had at least four good looks of it, but then it flitted
away and
>was not seen later in the morning. There was a Vancouver chap,
McPherson?,
>looking for it after we left. I do not know if he found it. I doubt
that he
>did, as it started to rain soon after.
>
>The bird is now just a touch further up the narrow gravel road on the
>airport:
> 1. From the Langdale Ferry Terminal go 22.1 km west on Hwy 101 to
Field
> Rd at Wilson Creek--(there is a large IGA Store in a shopping
mall
> at this corner).
> 2. Turn right (North) on Field Rd and go two? km to the southern
> edge of the airport. Continue driving straight ahead onto the
> airport, bearing very slightly to the right at first, on a
narrow
> gravel road lined by Alder Trees on both sides.
>
> (The bird was originally seen only 0.45km up, on a wood land
path
> approximately 50m to the right (East). There is some garbage
beside
> the road at this location).
>
> 3. For the past two mornings, the bird was seen early in the
morning
> (0830-10:00 hrs) 0.25km further up the road, on the right hand
(east)
> side. You are now 0.70km from Hwy 101 and at the NE edge of
the
> airport by a chain link fence. Walk around, to the eastern
side of
> the chain link fence and walk back for a few meters
(South,towards
> the ocean). The bird has been seen several times in this
relatively
> open area.
>
>
>
> (Doug Brown tells me that the bird does flit back to the path
where
> it was originally first found. But this path, is somewhat
enclosing).
>
>The bird is a skulker, and is very active--flitting all over the
place, and
>not staying in a spot for more than several seconds. Look for a
large
>yellow warbler, with prominent white outer tail feathers (seen from
above)
>on a flaring tail. It is not necessarily easy to find.
>
>The bird may respond to a Hooded Warbler's call notes on a tape.
However, I
>have refrained from using the tape more than two times, for fear that
it
>might be scared away.
>
>Best way to get the bird, is to listen for the prominent sharp call
notes,
>which are some what different from Peterson's Eastern tape. They
sound like
>a sharp Fox Sparrow call notes which are common in this area. Note
that the
>songs and call notes on the Cornell Laboratory of
Ornithology --Federation
>of Ontario Naturalists' tape by Borror & Gunn, are said to be, by Jon
Dunn &
>Kimball Garrett in "Warblers", that of a Kentucky Warbler!
>
>Probably good to have someone around with young ears.
>
>Good birding,
>
>Russ.
>