The outing this year was again well attended. Unfortunately, there were perhaps more participants than there were birds. The Islands were as quiet, bird-wise, as I've seen them; not completely surprising as the migration-friendly northerly winds overnight have continued to be absent (but wait for the coming week to change that).
In spite of that, thanks to the good eyes and ears of our birders, we did find a few nice birds. Highlights were obligingly sedentary Yellow-billed Cuckoo and Cooper's Hawk and a nice fly-over Osprey. Other species included Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Baltimore Oriole, Cedar Waxwing, Eastern Wood-Pewee, Least Flycatcher, Great-crested Flycatcher, Sharp-shinned Hawk and 8 species of Warbler. Total number of species was 42. My thanks to all of the participants, who made it a pleasant morning, Ian Cannell _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
