Another great sunny day for birding starting at Lynde Shores CA and covering Cranberry Marsh, the foot of Gordon Street, and Darlington PP.
The fall migration is just starting but we still found 61 species for the day seen or heard by most. Highlights: Warblers included Yellow, Nashville, Black-and-white, Common Yellowthroat, Tennessee, and American Redstart. Vireos - Red-eyed, Warbling, Philadelphia, and Blue-headed. Flycatchers - Eastern Kingbird, Willow (singing) plus Alder/Willow (Traill's), Eastern Wood Pewee and Olive-sided. Others - Baltimore Orioles, Cedar Waxwings, Blue Jays, Chickadees, WB Nuthatches, Grackles, Song and Swamp sparrows, Goldfinches, Cardinals, Catbird, Robins, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Red-winged Blackbirds. The marsh contained Great Egrets (2 with green wing tags), Great Blue Herons, Black-crowned Heron, Canada Geese, Mute Swans, Mallards, Green and Blue-winged Teal, Wood Ducks, Gadwall, Common Gallinule plus shorebirds - Lesser and Greater Yellowlegs, Least, Semipalmated, and Spotted sandpipers, Killdeer, Semipalmated and American Golden plover, and Short-billed Dowitcher. . Raptors seen were Osprey, Sharp-shinned, Merlin, and Kestrel. Rayfield Pye and John Stirrat --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com _______________________________________________ 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 Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide
