Hi all:
Forgive me if I post something that is not out of the ordinary for this time of
the year here. I'll only post what I would find of interest. On August 19, I
saw a great cormorant at Ontario Island by the ferry terminal. I'm not sure if
they are uncommon here or not, but all of the others that I've seen have all
been double-crested cormorants. On Aug. 20 at Birkdale Ravine I saw two pine
siskins, and a yellow-bellied flycatcher in the morning. On Aug. 21, in the
morning, I had 14 chimney swifts with a rough-winged swallow traveling with
them. Later at the Bluffers Park, at the point there were 15 brown-headed
cowbirds with a small warbler group. Two juvenile Cape May Warblers were a
treat for me. A spotted sandpiper was also still present. In the lagoon was a
black-crowned night heron, but I'm told that they are regular there. On the
inner trail that comes to the brook that runs into the lagoon where the huge
rock blocks are that prevents you from crossing there were two adult northern
mockingbirds with two juveniles and also a brown thrasher. Back near Birkdale
Park this morning a brown thrasher was partaking of grapes. Three Baltimore
orioles were nice to see there the afternoon before. Today, at Brickworks
Park, in West York there were two eastern kingbirds.
I will not have a vehicle but will as of tomorrow be headed for Baptiste Lake
near Bancroft. If there are any birders there I would like to know what I
might expect to find now. I've been there before, but not during this time of
the year. I'll be there for a week, so if you are our birding, I would gladly
contribute towards the gas if you would not mind my joining you.
James R. Hirtle
Bridgewater, NS
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