Saturday 14 May 2011

14th May 2011 Pt. Pelee

Awoke to calm conditions but thick fog. Walked West Beach to the Point and again returned to the Point in the afternoon. Made our usual evening visit to Hillman's Marsh but yesterday's Warblers had departed.

Great Northern Diver 1
Double-crested Cormorant 5
Great Blue Heron 1
Mute Swan 1
Canada Goose 5
Mallard 2
Scaup 20
Lesser Scaup 1
Black Scoter 10
White-winged Scoter 8
Red-breasted Merganser 400
Turkey Vulture 1
Killdeer 2
Dunlin 80
Semipalmated Sandpiper 1
Least Sandpiper 5
Bonaparte's Gull 5
Ring-billed Gull 10
American Herring Gull 10
Forster's Tern 6
Mourning Dove 20
Black-billed Cuckoo 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 6
Red-headed Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Wood Pewee 2
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1
Least Flycatcher 1
Empidonax sp. 2
Eastern Kingbird 10
Red-eyed Vireo 3
Warbling Vireo 8
Philadelphia Vireo 1
Blue Jay 10
Purple Martin 10
Rough-winged Swallow 2
Sand Martin 4
Tree Swallow 50
Cliff Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 30
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4
Blue-grey Gnatcatcher 4
American Robin 25
Swainson's Thrush 2
Grey-cheeked Thrush 2
Grey Catbird 10
Starling 20
Cardinal 5
Cedar Waxwing 15
Northern Parula 2
Yellow Warbler 40
Chestnut-sided Warbler 6
Magnolia Warbler 8
Black-throated Blue Warbler 2
Blackburnian Warbler 4
Myrtle Warbler 10
Black-throated Green Warbler 3
Palm Warbler 2
Prothonoatery Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 6
American Redstart 3
Mourning Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 8
Canada Warbler 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2
Indigo Bunting 1
Field Sparrow 1
Chipping Sparrow 2
White-crowned Sparrow 6
Song Sparrow 1
Lincoln's Sparrow 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 6
Red-winged Blackbird 250
Common Grackle 100
Baltimore Oriole 10
Orchard Oriole 5
American Goldfinch 6
House Sparrow 10



Cedar Waxwing at the Visitor's Centre







Red-breasted Mergansers along West Beach









Cedar Waxwings along West Beach



Male Mourning Warbler near the Point





Grey-cheeked Thrush at the Point



















Black-throated Green Warbler at the Point



















Red-eyed Vireo near the Point













Prothonotary Warbler near the Point





















Female Ruby-throated Hummingbird at the Point





Blue Jay at the Point












Magnolia Warbler at the Point







Female Black-and-white Warbler at the Point



Red-winged Blackbird at the Point



American Goldfinch at the Point





Least Sandpiper at Hillman's Marsh











Semipalmated Sandpiper at Hillman's Marsh