Thursday and Friday Bob Tyler and I birded Ward’s Island, and part of Algonquin and Snake Islands and though migration is slow coming we did find some nice birds including 14 Warbler species with very, very low numbers of most of the.
Following are some of the birds we found:- 6 Great Egrets, Green Heron, 1 only migrating Sharp-shinned Hawk, 3 Solitary Sandpipers, only 4 Chimney Swifts and 4 Barn Swallows, Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, Belted Kingfisher, 3 Olive-sided Flycatchers, 9 Yellow-bellied Flycatchers, Willow and Least Flycatchers, House Wrens, Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, Gray Catbirds, Philadelphia Vireo, Chestnut-sided, Blackburnian, Palm, Bay-breasted, Blackpoll, 1 Connecticut, 2 Mourning and 7 Canada Warblers, 15 Northern Waterthrush and 1 Louisiana Waterthrush and American Redstarts. A good 2 days but migration is just starting though it is a little late and parts of Ward’s have mud where it was flooded and some of the trails at the east end are still covered in shallow water and Snake Island is really only half way good for walking just off the bridge. We also observed 300++ Monarch Butterflies and 150+ Green Darners along with several other Dragonfly species and also 3 Mink were spotted and lots of people after 10 am. Norm Murr Richmond Hill, ON Sent from Mail for Windows 10 _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - 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 Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
