The continued southerly flow of air movement continues to bring migrants to
Pelee. Birding is slow but steady.
At the tip, the Lesser Black-backed Gull continues to be seen. Fly-bys
included Whimbrel, and a report of two Harlequin Ducks.
There was a small "reverse migration" with Indigo Bunti
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Today's Highlights:PIBO banding station at Fishpoint reported a slow day,
however they banded a Lincoln's Sparrow, their second Gray- cheeked Thrush,
their first Mourning Warbler, and their first Yellow-bellied
There was a tremendous number of birds around this morning, definitely the best
day in terms of numbers this year to date. Highlights were a BLUE-GRAY
GNATCATCHER and a YELLOW-THROATED VIREO. New arrivals included BAY-BREASTED
WARBLER (actually first recorded yesterday), NORTHERN PARULA, and EAS
The Ganatchio Trail and Little River area in east Windsor continue to be
productive. Today's highlights included an Acadian Flycatcher along the
oxbow (thanks David McNorton for that term) and a preening Olive-sided
Flycatcher near the toboggan hill, showing off his white tufts. Also saw a
Bla
All day long on Wed., May 18, Thickson's Woods trees and understorey were
"dripping" with birds, many of which were very close. Counting a possible
PRAIRIE there were 23 warbler species, highlights being MOURNING, CANADA,
WILSON'S, CAPE MAY, NORTHERN PARULA, TENNESSEE, BAY-BREASTED, BLACKPOLL,
OVEN
It's a beautiful day in the county and the birds
are quite happy after the past cool and dreary
week. I ran into birders everywhere I went
today.
One group of birders had excellent views of a
Peregrine this morning - it was low enough to
clearly see that the crop was very full.
Thrush numbe
On Monday May 17th a group of birders were treated to the sounds of both chuck-
will's-widow and whip-poor-will calling simultaneously from south of the
Visitor's Centre.
This morning, May 18th at Wheatley Provincial Park, a fly-by of 4 whimbrel was
the best bird tallied for the Norman Chesterf
What a pleasure to sit in the family room and watch the various birds in my
backyard. This afternoon there were cardinals, bluejays, lots of
goldfinches, a ruby-throated hummingbird, an indigo bunting, a baltimore
oriole, but perhaps most notable was a yellow variant house finch. That
bird h
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