DAY 1 Thursday, May 21, 2015
A long drive
Bird of the day: Eastern Bluebird
Our google maps route to MacGregor Point Provincial Park took us from Ottawa across southern Ontario, north of Peterborough and through Bancroft south of Algonquin Park. We spent much of the eight hour trip on back country roads. It was a beautiful spring drive, and included some en route birding, with finds such as Eastern Bluebird, European Starling, Common Grackle, Cooper's Hawk and American Crow.
We arrived at the park about 3pm, registered with the festival at the Visitor Centre, and were soon set up in Algonquin Campground Site 36, a large site with a large pond behind us. We had supper and then explored the park, discovering some lovely wildflowers as well as Mallards and a Belted Kingfisher.
A spectacular sunset over Lake Huron and at our pond completed our day.
