Hi All Yesterday, April 19, 2014, 18 birders joined the OFO April Point Pelee Birding trip. The participants were from London, Toronto, Kitchener, Sarnia, Windsor area and Gravenhurst. It was a beautiful sunny day with winds out of the east.
We birded the following areas Blue Heron/Marsh Boardwalk DeLaurier Woodland Nature Trail Tilden's Woods/Centennial Trail The bird species list is below; highlights of the day included Stunning views of Bluebirds at DeLaurier foraging in the sunshine Low overhead flight of a lone Sandhill Crane The Louisiana Waterthrush Show in Woodland Trail 2 Cruise by's of Black Vulture Quick glimpse of a Yellow Throated Warbler Cattails that had 3 different sparrows pop out if it in rapid succession, Song, Lincolns and Swamp. There were quite a number of picture perfect Red Admirals (~20) seen during the day with the most seen in the afternoon in Tilden's. One Comma butterfly was also noted. A 5 lined Skink was seen sunning beside the pop machine behind the VC. The best reptile sighting was in Tilden's Woods where we saw, what was identified as a Ribbon Snake by one of our participants, consuming an American Toad! My heartfelt thanks to all who joined the trip for their camaraderie, knowledge and sharp eyes, you made it a great day. Good birding, Ellen Smout London, Ont. Canada Goose X Wood Duck X Mallard X Redhead X Greater Scaup X Bufflehead X Common Loon X Double-crested Cormorant X Black Vulture X Seen over Woodland Nature Trail Turkey Vulture X Osprey X Broad-winged Hawk X Red-tailed Hawk X American Coot X Sandhill Crane X Killdeer X Bonaparte's Gull X Ring-billed Gull X Herring Gull X Mourning Dove X Red-bellied Woodpecker X Yellow-bellied Sapsucker X Downy Woodpecker X Northern Flicker X Blue Jay X American Crow X Purple Martin X Tree Swallow X Black-capped Chickadee X Red-breasted Nuthatch X Brown Creeper X Winter Wren X Carolina Wren X Golden-crowned Kinglet X Ruby-crowned Kinglet X Eastern Bluebird X Hermit Thrush X American Robin X European Starling X Louisiana Waterthrush X Pine Warbler X Yellow-rumped Warbler X Yellow-throated Warbler X Seen in the Woodland Nature Trail Eastern Towhee X Chipping Sparrow X Song Sparrow X Lincoln's Sparrow X Seen in the Woodland Nature Trail Swamp Sparrow X White-throated Sparrow X Dark-eyed Junco X Northern Cardinal X Red-winged Blackbird X Common Grackle X Brown-headed Cowbird X _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup
