May at Wye Marsh was an eventful month for Birders and for rare and first time sightings. Amoung some of the few, a Eastern Bluebird was seen on May 19th and 20th close to the parking lot of the Wildlife Centre. A rare sighting around a marsh. And it was nice to hear and see the return of Virginia Rails and Moorhens back to Wye Marsh. Also of note, a hermit thrush, Brown thrasher, Palm Warbler and Nashville Warbler were a few of the other first time sightings this year in the Wye Valley. Here is the complete list of bird sightings in the Wye Marsh and Wye Valley for the month of May:
Canada goose Trumpeter Swan Mallard Common Merganser Blue-winged Teal Green-winged teal Double-Crested Cormorant American Bittern Least Bittern Great Blue Heron Turkey Vulture Osprey Northern Harrier Broad-winged Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Virginia rail Common Moorhen Sandhill Crane Ring-billed Gull Caspian tern Black Tern Mourning Dove Belted Kingfisher Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker Eastern Phoebe Eastern Kingbird Great Crested Flycatcher Red-eyed Vireo Blue Jay American Crow Tree Swallow Barn Swallow Black-capped Chickadee White-breasted Nuthatch Brown Creeper House Wren Marsh Wren American Robin Gray Catbird Brown Thrasher Cedar Waxwing Nashville Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Palm Warbler Ovenbird American Redstart Black and White Warbler Common Yellowthroat American Tree Sparrow Chipping Sparrow Song Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Savannah sparrow Swamp Sparrow Northern Cardinal Rose-breasted Grosbeak Red-winged Blackbird Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Purple Finch House Finch American Goldfinch Bald Eagle Eastern Bluebird Hermit Thrush Directions from T.O.: Hop on the 400N past Barrie, Hwy 93 N and follow the Signs to Midland and Wye Marsh. Coming from the North: either follow hwy 69/400 or Hwy 11 south until you reach Hwy 12. Go west on Hwy 12 until you reach Midland Good Birding, Adam Midland, ON
