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Colleen Reilly
Jun 1, 2026, 10:50:28 PMJun 1
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Susan Atkinson
Jun 2, 2026, 7:12:13 AMJun 2
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Hi Colleen.
Looking forward to the trip.
Where is the meeting place?
Thanks,
Susan
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Cathleen MacDonald
Jun 2, 2026, 2:48:04 PMJun 2
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Hello Colleen. I just registered for your Carden Alvar trip. It sounds wonderful.
Question: Where is Wylie Rd (the meeting point)? In what city/town?
Thank you,
Cathleen MacDonald
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Colleen Reilly
Jun 2, 2026, 3:03:56 PMJun 2
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Wylie Road is near Kirkfield.
We meet in the parking lot, here.
If its full, just pull over to the right side of Wylie Road just past the lot, and we'll figure out carpooling.
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Cathleen MacDonald
Jun 2, 2026, 3:12:30 PMJun 2
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Ah got it. Thank you. I thought the meeting/departure point was local to Halton-Peel. My mistake. I'll cancel my registration.
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Colleen Reilly
Jun 14, 2026, 1:18:21 PM (13 days ago) Jun 14
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Hi Pipits!
Here is a link to the photo album from our wonderful trip to Carden Alvar: https://photos.app.goo.gl/ugxvrQXbN4QUv8Py6
The eBird Trip Report can be viewed here: https://ebird.org/tripreport/535970
On the morning of June 7 2026, bright and early at 5:30am, a dedicated group of 14 enthusiastic Pipits met at the south end of Wylie Road to start a day of exploration in Carden Alvar. A few additional Pipit members met later in the morning further down Wylie Rd, and also at North Bear Alvar trailhead.
It dawned as a lovely day and became overcast for some time, but by afternoon the clouds had cleared and it was warm and sunny.
We did some initial rearranging and carpooled to minimize the vehicle impact. And we began! We drove up Wylie Rd, stopping at various habitat areas to get out and walk, look, and listen for birds. The morning bird symphony was glorious, with Wilson's Snipes, Eastern Meadowlarks, Red-winged Blackbirds and others all singing their little hearts out.
We went up Wylie Rd, past Sedge Wren Marsh where the Marsh Wrens were fiercely singing their bubbly songs, to just past the Marsh. Here we heard several Blue-winged Warblers singing, but were not able to establish clear visuals to distinguish between hybrids with Golden-winged Warblers.
After driving back south and around, to reach North Bear Alvar, we went for a hike for several hours. Although there was quite a bit of relatively fresh Black Bear scat to be found along our path, there were no sightings. We aren't the most elusive of travelers unfortunately lol. Although we did try, we didn't even get close to halfway through the trail along North Bear Alvar trail, and after 1.5 hours, we backtracked to the trailhead.
We took a lovely and refreshing washroom and lunch break at the most interesting Kirkfield Lift Lock. And were off again, this time to Shrike Road. Here we looked hard to try to locate a Loggerhead Shrike. It was not until our trip back down Shrike Road towards Alvar Road that our path crossed Jean Iron's. And as we headed out after listening to Jean's extensive knowledge about how the Loggerhead Shrike population is doing (it's not sounding optimistic), Jean called out. She had one in the scope! Several Pipits were able to quickly have a look through the scope, before the bird flew. Not able to refind it, we left.
Next, our group went to a nearby location, where a Western Meadowlark had been consistently seen and heard (thanks for the tip Jean!). It did show itself briefly for us. Many of the group departed at this time, seeing that we had been on the trip for 12 hours by this point!
The remaining few of us went to a small road in the north of Carden Alvar, where we had some close encounters with a few warblers, and a lot of biting insects. The views were not what I had been dreaming of, and we wrapped the day up just before 7pm.
I want to thank everyone for coming out and making the day so wonderful. As per always, the Pipits are just the best people, keep coming out!
It dawned as a lovely day and became overcast for some time, but by afternoon the clouds had cleared and it was warm and sunny.
We did some initial rearranging and carpooled to minimize the vehicle impact. And we began! We drove up Wylie Rd, stopping at various habitat areas to get out and walk, look, and listen for birds. The morning bird symphony was glorious, with Wilson's Snipes, Eastern Meadowlarks, Red-winged Blackbirds and others all singing their little hearts out.
We went up Wylie Rd, past Sedge Wren Marsh where the Marsh Wrens were fiercely singing their bubbly songs, to just past the Marsh. Here we heard several Blue-winged Warblers singing, but were not able to establish clear visuals to distinguish between hybrids with Golden-winged Warblers.
After driving back south and around, to reach North Bear Alvar, we went for a hike for several hours. Although there was quite a bit of relatively fresh Black Bear scat to be found along our path, there were no sightings. We aren't the most elusive of travelers unfortunately lol. Although we did try, we didn't even get close to halfway through the trail along North Bear Alvar trail, and after 1.5 hours, we backtracked to the trailhead.
We took a lovely and refreshing washroom and lunch break at the most interesting Kirkfield Lift Lock. And were off again, this time to Shrike Road. Here we looked hard to try to locate a Loggerhead Shrike. It was not until our trip back down Shrike Road towards Alvar Road that our path crossed Jean Iron's. And as we headed out after listening to Jean's extensive knowledge about how the Loggerhead Shrike population is doing (it's not sounding optimistic), Jean called out. She had one in the scope! Several Pipits were able to quickly have a look through the scope, before the bird flew. Not able to refind it, we left.
Next, our group went to a nearby location, where a Western Meadowlark had been consistently seen and heard (thanks for the tip Jean!). It did show itself briefly for us. Many of the group departed at this time, seeing that we had been on the trip for 12 hours by this point!
The remaining few of us went to a small road in the north of Carden Alvar, where we had some close encounters with a few warblers, and a lot of biting insects. The views were not what I had been dreaming of, and we wrapped the day up just before 7pm.
I want to thank everyone for coming out and making the day so wonderful. As per always, the Pipits are just the best people, keep coming out!
Mary Ellen Starodub
Jun 14, 2026, 2:08:16 PM (13 days ago) Jun 14
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Great photos. Sounds like a good trip!!!
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