Monday Bob Tyler and I birded Hanlan’s Point and yesterday Ian Cannell and I birded Ward’s Island and yes migration is moving along and following are some of the birds the 3 of us found.
Common Loons, Pied-billed Grebe, Horned Grebes, Great Blue Herons, 9 Wood Ducks, Canvasbacks, White-winged Scoters, all 3 Mergansers, 3 Turkey Vultures overhead, Sharp-shinned and Cooper’s Hawks, 2 adult Bald Eagles flying east together, 17 Killdeer, Belted Kingfisher, 9 Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, 77 Northern Flickers, Eastern Phoebes, 14 Brown Creepers, 2 Carolina Wrens, 19 Winter Wrens, 50 Golden-crowned Kinglets, 73 Ruby-crowned Kinglets, 61 Hermit Thrushes, Gray Catbird, Brown Thrashers, 2 Pine Warblers, 12 Yellow-rumped Warblers, Eastern Towhees, Tree Sparrows, 24 Chipping Sparrows, 5 Field Sparrows, Vesper Sparrow, Savannah Sparrows, 78 Song Sparrows, 14 Swamp Sparrows, 225 White-throated Sparrows, 27 Dark-eyed Juncos, Purple Finch, and 2 Eastern Meadowlarks. A good 2 days with better days just ahead. Norm Murr Richmond Hill Ontario, Canada You can't see birds if you don't go out but sit and wait for others to find them. _______________________________________________ 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
