This evening there were 11 striking Marbled Godwits at the shorebird cell. Around 7pm they flew to the north. This seems to be an annual event at the Hillman Cell over the past few years, occurring on sporadic days (often warm SW winds) in late April.
An extremely confusing passerine inside Point Pelee National Park today (near the Visitors Centre) turned out to be a female (European) Greenfinch, continuing the occurrences of presumed escaped European finches around the great lakes. There is a poor record photo of the Marbled Godwits at the bottom of my blog post here, along with our butterfly and dragonfly sightings from the day (and some back story): http://www.blog.peregrineprints.com/2012/04/pelee-apr-19-2012.html All the best, Brandon Holden _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
