Yesterday, Sept. 24th Bob Tyler, Margaret Liubavicius, Paul Brooks and I birded Hanlan’s Point and it turned out to be another good day down there. 90% of the Warblers except for the Palm Warblers were seen in the Hanlan’s ferry dock area and following are some of the birds we found with most of the Raptors being spotted by Paul and the Nelson’s thanks to Margaret.
Common Loon, Pied-billed Grebes, Great Blue Herons, Great Egret, Wood Ducks, Gadwalls, Turkey Vultures, Northern Harriers, Sharp-shined, Cooper’s and Red-tailed Hawks, American Kestrel, Merlins, 2 Peregrine Falcons together, Sanderlings, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Belted Kingfisher, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Eastern Wood-Pewees, Least Flycatchers. Eastern Phoebes, Red-breasted Nuthatches, House Wren, Gray Catbirds, American Pipits, Cedar Waxwings, Blue-headed, Yellow-throated, Red-eyed and Philadelphia Vireos, 16 Warbler species including Ovenbird, Common Yellowthroat, Tennessee Warbler, Orange-Crowned Warbler, Black-throated Blue and Black-throated Green Warblers, Pine Warblers, 56 Palm Warblers (undercounted for sure), 12 Northern Parulas (also undercounted), Bay-breasted, Blackpoll and Black-and-white Warblers, Scarlet Tanager, Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, Chipping, Savanah, Song, Swamp, White-throated and White-crowned Sparrows and a very nice view of a Nelson’s Sparrow. Norm Murr Richmond Hill, Ontario lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Now that the warbler season ( my wording ) is running down with no regular warbler species expected between now and the end of the year so I totaled up how many species were found this year on The Islands and it was a whopping 35 species plus Yellow Palm Warbler. That is the most species that I have ever seen posted from The Islands during one year since I started birding down there on a regular basis in 1980. Between 1980 and this year there were 39 warbler species found on The Islands. Not seen this year and not expected were Worm-eating Warbler, Swainson’s Warbler, Kirtland’s Warbler and Yellow-breasted Chat but some of the warbler species seen this year were not expected either. Nice going guys and by the way it was more than just me birding down there, this year and during the years from 1980. Norm Murr 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
