Afternoon: ARRIVALS: From Windsor we work our way north along the shores of Lake Erie to the Long Point Area, with our birding expert. On your way to Long Point area our birding expert will discuss some etiquette of the trails, orientation of the program and answer any questions you may have.

Dinner: Welcome dinner at a local restaurant in Simcoe.

Evening: Following dinner, we will return to the hotel so you can prepare for your early morning birding adventure.

Lodging: Comfort Inn

Meals Included: Dinner

Breakfast: Breakfast to go for our early morning birding.

Morning: Your morning will start early with check out. BIRDING FIELD TRIP: Long Point Provincial Park. En-route to Long Point, we'll drive through the St. Williams Conservation Reserve. We'll check the pine plantations and open scrub habitats for both resident and migratory species. Hopefully, we'll see Blue-winged Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Eastern Towhee, Field Sparrow and Blue-headed Vireo. Later, we'll stop in at the Old Cut Field Station to observe bird-banding in process. The thick vegetation around this corner of the peninsula can be excellent for a variety of migratory species including several wood-warblers, various thrushes and Scarlet Tanager. This is also a good area for rare species like Worm-eating Warbler. If time permits, we'll visit Big Creek National Wildlife are, an extensive and productive wetland full of shy birds. With good conditions in the cattail marshes, we should see Common Gallinule, Sandhill Crane, Black Tern, Marsh Wren and Swamp Sparrow. With luck we might see Least Bittern, Virginia Rail or Sora. On the Long Point Inner Bay, we should see Osprey, Caspian Tern and Mute Swan. Guided visit of the Bird Sancturary

Lunch: Bag lunch.

Afternoon: BIRDING CONTINUES: Bird watching continues back on mainland, in particular the Backus Woods and Wilson's Tract. These mature woodlots attract Carolinian species and a variety of migrants. Here we hope to see Hooded Warbler, Cerulean Warbler, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Yellow-throated Vireo and a number of migrant songbirds. Travel to Chatham late afternoon.

Dinner: Dinner at a local restaurant in Chatham.

Lodging: Travelodge Chatham

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Birding - Rondeau Provincial Park/Tulip Tree Trail/St. Clair Wildlife Area

Breakfast: Breakfast to go for our early morning birding.

Morning: BIRDING FIELD TRIP: Rondeau Provincial Park. Upon arrival to the park, we'll check out the visitors centre, then hike the Tulip Tree trail, with a chance to see the rare Prothonotary Warbler. Other species present include Red-headed Woodpecker, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher and a variety of migrant warblers.

Lunch: Bag lunch.

Afternoon: BIRDING CONTINUES: After Lunch we'll visit The St. Clair Wildlife Area, an extensive wetland harboring many shy species. Here we hope to see Least Bittern, Swamp Sparrow, Marsh Wren, Forster's Tern and possibly Yellow-headed Blackbird.

Dinner: Dinner in a local restaurant.

Lodging: Travelodge Chatham

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Breakfast: Breakfast to go for our early morning birding.

Morning: Early morning check out. BIRDING FIELD TRIP: We'll start again at the visitors centre to check their bird feeding station for Indigo Bunting, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Rose-breasted Grosbeak and perhaps Lincoln's Sparrow. We'll then check out the South Point Trail, a mixed open habitat usually teeming with warblers and other migrating birds. Brown Thrasher, Gray Catbird, Eastern Towhee and other shy birds nest here.

Lunch: Bag lunch.

Afternoon: BIRDING CONTINUES: Before heading to Point Pelee area, we'll continue birding around Rondeau, including areas around the picnic ground, the Spice Bush Trail and/or the Pony Barns.

Dinner: Dinner at the hotel in Leamington.

Lodging: Pelee Days Inn

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Breakfast: Early breakfast at the hotel to go.

Morning: BIRDING FIELD TRIP: Point Pelee National Park. We'll spend the full morning exploring the various birding trails around the tip of Point Pelee. Spring migration will be in full force, so we'll see a number of migrating warblers and other songbirds. If conditions are good, we'll get excellent looks at many different species like Blackburnian Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Indigo Bunting, and with luck, perhaps a few rare species like Connecticut Warbler, Kentucky Warbler or Kirtland's Warbler. We'll pick a table where we can enjoy our meal in proximity to several birds including Warbling Vireo, Orchard Oriole, Baltimore Oriole, Eastern Kingbird and several migrating warblers.

Lunch: Bag lunch.

Afternoon: BIRDING CONTINTUES: Outside the park at Hillman's Marsh and/or the Onion Fields where we can expect waterfowl, and migrating shorebirds en-route to the High Arctic. We hope to see Black-bellied Plover, Dunlin, Short-billed Dowitcher or a vagrant from some far-off land.

Dinner: Dinner at the hotel

Lodging: Pelee Days Inn

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Breakfast: Early breakfast at the hotel to go.

Morning: BIRDING FIELD TRIP: Point Pelee National Park. We'll start again at the tip of the park. Besides looking for migratory songbirds, we'll also check the tip for shorebirds, waterfowl, terns and gulls. At this time of year the woods will be alive with bird song. We'll take our time to get good views of as many spring migrants as possible. We should also see resident species such as Orchard Oriole, Carolina Wren, Red-bellied Woodpecker, and hopefully Eastern Screech Owl. Mixed in with the warblers, we might see uncommon birds like Whip-poor-will, Clay-coloured Sparrow, or something exceptionally rare like Blue Grosbeak or Henslow's Sparrow. Again we'll pick a table within proximity of migrating birds. We may see raptors flying overhead like Broad-winged Hawk, Bald Eagle or Northern Harrier. Sometimes we'll see Black-billed Cuckoo, Canada Warbler, Mourning Warbler, and with luck, Mississippi Kite.

Lunch: Bag lunch.

Afternoon: BIRDING CONTINUES Point Pelee National Park. We'll continue birding in the park checking out areas around the visitors centre and other trails within park boundaries. There's always a few birds of interest hiding somewhere in the park.

Dinner: Farewell dinner at the hotel.

Evening: Program wrap and presentation.

Lodging: Pelee Days Inn

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Breakfast: Breakfast at the hotel.

Morning: The shuttle leaves the hotel at 8:30 a.m; approximate arrival in Windsor is 9:30 a.m. Independent departures from Windsor.

Meals Included: Breakfast