In preparation for the Huron Fringe Birding Festival, here is the Bruce Birding Club's trip report for this past week.
With the weather report predicting morning rain and high winds, the only weather problems we encountered were trying to figure out what layer of clothing we should take off. It was a grand day and 27 of us enjoyed seeing 87 species of birds. Wow! Thank you to Ralph for leading the hike today and filling in for Judith on short notice. Places we visited today: 1) KIncardine Sewage Lagoons 2) En Route to Inverhuron Park 3 Lagoons just outside Inverhuron Park 4) Baie Du D'or 5) Government dock at Scott's Point. • Pied-billed Grebe (PBGR) - 1 • Red-necked Grebe (RNGR) - 5 • Double-crested Cormorant (DCCO) - 4.5 • American Bittern (AMBI) - 5 • Great Blue Heron (GBHE) -1 • Green Heron (GRHE) -5 • Canada Goose -(CANG) • Wood Duck (WODU) -1 • Mallard (MALL) -13,4,5 • Northern Shoveler (NOSH) - 3 • Blue-winged Teal (BWTE) -3 • Redhead (REDH) -4 • Lesser Scaup (LESC) -3 • Bufflehead (BUFF) -3 • Common Goldeneye (COGO) -3 • Red-breasted Merganser (RBME) -4.5 • Ruddy Duck (RUDU) -3 • Turkey Vulture (TUVU) • Northern Harrier (NOHA) -2 • Red-tailed Hawk (RTHA) -2 • Mourning Dove (MODO) • Rock Pigeon (ROPI) • Killdeer (KILL) • Solitary Sandpiper (SOSA) -1 • Spotted Sandpiper (SPSA) -1 . American Bittern (AMBI) -1 • Ring-billed Gull (RBGU) • Herring Gull (HEGU) • Caspian Tern (CATE) -4 • Red-bellied Woodpecker (RBWO) -1 • Downy Woodpecker (DOWO) -1 • Northern Flicker (NOFL) -1 • Blue Jay (BLJA) -1 • American Crow (AMCR) • Chimney Swift (CHSW) -1 • Tree Swallow (TRES) - 3 • Barn Swallow (BARS) -1 • Least Flycatcher (LEFL) -1 • Eastern Phoebe (EAPH) -4 • Great Crested Flycatcher (GCFL) -1 • Eastern Kingbird (EAKI) -2 • Gray Catbird (GRCA) -1 • American Robin (AMRO) • Veery (VEER) -1 • Wood Thrush (WOTH) -1 • Swainson's Thrush (SWTH) -1 • Brown Thrasher (BRTH) -1 • Black-capped Chickadee (BCCH) -1 • Red-breasted Nuthatch (RBNU) -1 • White-breasted Nuthatch (WBNU) -1 • House Wren (HOWR) -1 • Red-eyed Vireo (REVI) -1 • Warbling Vireo (WAVI) -1 • Tennessee Warbler (TEWA) -1 • Nashville Warbler (NAWA) -1 • Yellow Warbler (YWAR) -1 • Chestnut-sided Warbler (CSWA) -1 • Magnolia Warbler (MAWA) -1 • Cape May Warbler (CMWA) -1 • Black-throated Blue (BTBW) -1 • Yellow-rumped Warbler (YRWA) -1 • Black-throated Green (BTNW) -1 • Pine Warbler (PIWA) -1 • Palm Warbler (PAWA)- 1 • Black-and-white Warbler (BAWW) -1 • American Redstart (AMRE) -1 • Ovenbird (OVEN) 1 • Northern Waterthrush (NOWA) -1 • Common Yellowthroat (COYE) -1 • Horned Lark (HOLA) -1.2 • Clay-coloured Sparrow (CCSP) -1 • Chipping Sparrow (CHSP) -1 • Savannah Sparrow (SAVS)- 1 • White-crowned Sparrow WCSP) -1 • Song Sparrow (SOSP) -1 • Lincoln's Sparrow (LISP) -1 • Swamp Sparrow (SWSP) -1 • American Goldfinch (AMGO) -1 • Northern Cardinal (NOCA) -1 • Rose-breasted Grosbeak (RBGR) -1 • Scarlet Tanager (SCTA) -1 • Baltimore Oriole (BAOR) -1 • European Starling (EUST) • Eastern Meadowlark (EAME) -2 • Brown-headed Cowbird (BHCO) -1 • Red-winged Blackbird (RWBL) • Common Grackle (COGR) Number of species seen - 87 Norah Toth, Co-chair Huron Fringe Birding Festival The Huron Fringe Birding Festival is a birding and nature event which runs for two four-day weekends between May 24 and June 2, 2013. Registration information can be found at http://www.friendsofmacgregor.org Follow our blog: http://huronfringefest.wordpress.com _______________________________________________ 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/
