Good Morning, Yesterday Bob Tyler and I again birded Ward’s and Algonquin Islands and though bird numbers were down, especially waterfowl we did find enough birds to make us happy and following are some of them.
Eared Grebe, 2 Trumpeter Swans, Wood Duck, 4 Canvasbacks, Red-breasted and Common Mergansers, Cooper’s Hawk, Bonaparte’s Gull, 2 Red-bellied Woodpeckers, Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers, 15 Northern Flickers, 12 Eastern Phoebes, Tree and Barn Swallows, White-breasted Nuthatches, 16 Brown Creepers, Winter Wrens, Golden-crowned Kinglets, 8 Hermit Thrushes, Northern Mockingbird (singing now), Chipping, Field, 36 Song and White-throated Sparrows, and Dark-eyed Juncos. WE also watched 20+ emerging Garter Snakes together, some wrapped together and among them were 3 melanistic forms. 15+ Red Admiral Butterflies. PS – Bob informed me that yesterday Friday April 12th there were many Flickers, Juncos, Hermit Thrushes and Kinglets down there but it seemed that most of that influx had moved on and he also found a Yellow-rumped Warbler. A lot more birds to come. 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 birdalert@ontbirds.ca 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
