20 OFO members and guests meet on Saturday morning in Hepworth for the start of a two day birding field trip covering the Bruce Peninsula. The leaders for both days were Cindy Cartwright and Alfred Raab. On Saturday our first stop was at Sable Beach looking for the Piping Plover, then on to Boat Lake, Isaac Lake and Sky Lake. In the afternoon we drove along the side roads around Ferndale and the last stop was at Black Creek Provincial Park at the shores of Lake Huron near Stokes Bay. On Sunday we started at the Tobermory Airport, stopped at the Tobermory dump, then drove north to Cape Hurd, then south to Dorcas Bay (Singing Sands), along Dyers Bay Road, north on Bartley Dr. west on Lindsay Rd 40 and back to Hwy 6.
For the two days we saw 109 bird species. The highlights were: Birds: 2 adult Bald Eagle at Sky Lake, 1 juv at Tobermory dump Pied-billed Grebe near Tobermory Airport American Bittern, male with white fluffy shoulder puffs, female nearby on Dyers Bay Road Least Bittern at Boat Lake Virginia Rail with young at Isaac Lake Sandhill Crane at Tobermory Airport and heard at various locations. Piping Plover at Sable Beach Upland Sandpiper near Ferndale and Dyers Bay Road Black Terns at Sky Lake Yellow-bellied Sapsucker at nest near Sky Lake 13 Warbler species Clay-colored Sparrow at Lindsay Rd 40 Grasshopper Sparrow at Tobermory Airport Bewer’s Blackbirds near Ferndale Plants: Robert’s Fern, Rattlesnake Fern, Lakeside Daisy, Yellow Lady’s Slipper (abundant), Showy Lady’s Slipper, Ram’s Head Lady’s Slipper, Tall Northern Green Orchid, Spotted Coralroot Mammals: Black Bear, Coyote Alfred Raab near Lions Head, Northern Bruce Peninsula _______________________________________________ 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/
