Saturday 27 birders attended the OFO outing to Minesing Swamp. A total of 83 species were recorded with 8 more on the way home for a grand total of 91.
Highlights: 10 species of Sparrow including scope views for everyone of Grasshopper Sparrow. 6 warbler species, all seen well. Despite the lack of standing water Mackinnon Road proved to be very worthwhile with singing American Bittern & Sora, Lesser and Greater Yellowlegs, Pectoral Sandpiper, Killdeer and Wilson's Snipe, many Rusty Blackbirds, 2 Great Egrets, plus Wood Ducks. At the end of Baldwick we walked into the swamp to find Northern Waterthrush, Black-throated Green, Yellow-rumped and Black and White warblers, Brown Creeper, Sapsuckers, Great Crested Flycatcher and Red-breasted Nuthatch. Other good finds were 3 House Wrens, Purple Finch, 4 Brown Thrashers, Eastern Bluebird, Cliff Swallow, Virginia Rail, Warbling Vireo, an early Bobolink, Common Raven and Sandhill Crane. Late finds included a second Bobolink, Caspian Tern, Spotted and Solitary Sandpiper at Earl Rowe Park, as well as an early Eastern Kingbird. Many thanks to John Schmelefske and Gord Cameron for their able assistance on this trip. Dave Milsom [email protected] _______________________________________________ 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/
