The entrance to the meadow portion of the reserve is on the north side of the Waterfront Trail opposite the entrance to the woods.

        The Waterfront Trail east of Thickson Road is now gated, so no motorized vehicles can access it.  Please don’t stand in the middle of the Waterfront Trail while birding, as you may endanger cyclists and in-line skaters, as well as yourself.

Song levels outside our back door are at least as loud as yesterday. A chorus of whitethroats, fox sparrows and yellow-rumped and Nashville warblers. Winds were light overnight allowing for easy migration. Skies are clear but misty. Yesterday was an excellent day! Highlights include (with mostly estimated numbers) red-bellied woodpecker – a pair –very vocal winter wren 2 brown creeper 10 dark-eyed junco 25 fox sparrow 8 white-throat 75 eastern towhee 3 hermit thrush 125 golden-crowned kinglet 10 ruby-crowned kinglet 50 great-crested flycatcher 2 field sparrow 2 purple finch 30 (many brightly-coloured males) pine siskin 2 rose-breasted grosbeak 1 scarlet tanager 1 (male singing near dusk) rusty blackbird 3 (feeding on midges high in tree tops, and later among alders along the edge of the marsh) Warblers yellow-rumped 85 black-throated green 12 Nashville 5 pine 2 (one in low shrubs at eye level) yellow 2 ovenbird 2 blackburnian 1 Cape May 1 palm 4 Directions to Thickson’s Woods Nature Reserve To get to Thickson's Woods, Exit from #401 to Thickson Rd. S. Continue south about 1.5 kilometres to the Waterfront Trail, where you will see a large green sign on your left that says "Thickson's Woods Nature Reserve". Park along the east side of Thickson Road and walk east along the Waterfront Trail about 200 metres to where a pathway enters the woods on your right. Trails lead through the woods with two extending to the roadway on the south side of the woods along the shore of Lake Ontario. The roadways in the woods are the property of Thickson’s Woods Land Trust. Birder’s are welcome to walk along the roadways, but please park outside the gate. Exceptions are made for handicapped folks who are unable to walk about. The entrance to the meadow portion of the reserve is on the north side of the Waterfront Trail opposite the entrance to the woods. The Waterfront Trail east of Thickson Road is now gated, so no motorized vehicles can access it. Please don’t stand in the middle of the Waterfront Trail while birding, as you may endanger cyclists and in-line skaters, as well as yourself. Dennis Barry & Margaret Carney 338 Crystal Beach Blvd. Whitby, Ontario L1N 9Z7 905-725-2116