Subject: OFO Outing June 3rd-Presqu'ile
14 birders attended yesterday's OFO fieldtrip to Presqu'ile Provincial Park, Cobourg and Port Hope. A total of 87 species were recorded including a Cattle Egret with cattle on Huff Road just outside the park. Also, Indigo Bunting, Yellow-rumped and Yellow warblers, American Redstart, Orchard Oriole, Eastern Wood Pewee, Willow, Least and Great Crested flycatchers, Great Egret, Black-crowned Night Heron, Red-breasted Mergansers, Osprey, Marsh Wrens, and Northern Harrier. Shorebirds were almost invisible at the park except for Killdeer and Spotted Sandpiper. Migrants of any type were almost non-existant but for Northern Parula near the lighthouse. On Trenear Road we found Grasshopper Sparrows, Eastern Meadowlarks and American Kestrel before the heavy rain began. Afternoon stops in the pouring rain resulted in Lesser Black-backed Gull and Bonaparte's gulls at Cobourg harbour, and another Lesser Black- backed Gull, Common Loon plus Semipalmated Sandpiper at Port Hope harbour. Many thanks once again for Matt Tobey's co-leadership and Brian Wales for his assistance. Dave Milsom milsomd...@hotmail.com _______________________________________________ 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
