Birding was exceptional this morning at Long Point Provincial Park. The highlight was a single WORM-EATING WARBLER foraging low to the ground just north of the second beach parking lot. We also had several hundred other warblers, including Yellow-rumped, Pine, Nashville, Black-throated Green, Yellow, Palm, HOODED, NORTHERN PARULA, 2 BLACKPOLLS, Northern Waterthrush, Blue-winged, Common Yellowthroat, Blackburnian, Ovenbird, Chestnut-sided and Black-and-White. Other migrants included 1000+ White-throated Sparrows, Scarlet Tanagers, Eastern Kingbird, Veery, Wood Thrush, Warbling and Red-eyed Vireo, and a Red-headed Woodpecker. There have been several (3-5) WHITE-EYED VIREO over the past few days, as well as a few SUMMER TANAGERS at the Observatory. Several other warbler species have been reported in the area (today we heard reliable reports of Black-throated Blue, Chat, and Golden-winged).
We also had a brief glimpse of a probable BLUE GROSBEAK flying east down the point, but we were not able to relocate it. We noticed several dozen larger migrants flying high and back to the east earlier in the morning, mainly consisting of Baltimore Orioles and Northern Flickers. Good birding, Adam and Matt Timpf Long Point Provincial Park can be reached by following Highway 59 south. The park is located at the end of the road. _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
