Thursday 5 May 2011

5th May 2011 Pt. Pelee

A cool northerly breeze and very clear. We stopped at the Onion Fields where there had been a noticeable inrease in numbers of Shorebirds present. We first walked the Marsh Boardwalk. We then had a quiet walk around the Woodland Trail. We visited Hillman's Marsh in the late afternoon and made our way back to De Laurier's in the evening to see displaying American Woodcock.

Great Northern Diver 1
Slavonian Grebe 15
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 200
Great Blue Heron 10
Great Egret 4
Mute Swan 1
Canada Goose 40
Wood Duck 5
Mallard 6
Pintail 3
American Wigeon 3
Shoveler 7
Blue-winged Teal 4
Green-winged Teal 2
Scaup 50
Lesser Scaup 1
Surf Scoter 2
Red-breasted Merganser 50
Ruddy Duck 6
Turkey Vulture 10
Northern Harrier 1
Bald Eagle 1
Osprey 1
Wild Turkey 1
American Coot 2
Sandhill Crane 1
Grey Plover 20
Semipalmated Plover 4
Killdeer 10
Greater Yellowlegs 5
Lesser Yellowlegs 70
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Turnstone 1
Dunlin 80
Pectoral Sandpiper 8
Least Sandpiper 6
Long-billed Dowitcher 1
American Woodcock 1
Wilson's Snipe 1
Wilson's Phalarope 4
Bonaparte's Gull 5
Ring-billed Gull 50
American Herring Gull 10
Caspian Tern 4
Forster's Tern 15
Mourning Dove 25
Great Horned Owl 3
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 2
Eastern Phoebe 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
White-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 20
Horned Lark 3
Purple Martin 20
Rough-winged Swallow 40
Sand Martin 10
Tree Swallow 80
Cliff Swallow 1
Swallow 30
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Brown Creeper 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
Blue-grey Gnatcatcher 5
American Robin 30
Hermit Thrush 1
Grey Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 1
Starling 20
Cardinal 2
American Buff-bellied Pipit 1
Blue-winged Warbler 1
Yellow Warbler 4
Myrtle Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 2
Prothonotary Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 4
Ovenbird 1
Common Yellowthroat 3
Field Sparrow 1
Chipping Sparrow 12
White-throated Sparrow 8
White-crowned Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 2
Swamp Sparrow 5
Dark-eyed Junco 1
Red-winged Blackbird 200
Common Grackle 100
Baltimore Oriole 1
American Goldfinch 5
House Sparrow 25


Long-billed Dowitcher at the Onion Fields


Willows from the Marsh Boardwalk






Male Common Yellowthroat along the Marsh Boardwalk








Male Red-winged Blackbird along the Marsh Boardwalk














Male Swamp Sparrow along the Marsh Boardwalk




















Turkey Vultures at De Laurier's Homestead



Hermit Thrush at De Laurier's Homestead


Male American Goldfinch at De Laurier's Homestead








Male Prothonotary Warbler along the Woodland Trail


White-eyed Vireo along the Woodland Trail










Tree Swallows at Northwest Beach




Killdeer near Hillman's Marsh












Osprey at Hillman's Marsh














Drake Red-breasted Merganser at Erie Side, Wheatley






















Purple Martins at Erie Side Cottage, Wheatley




Forster's Tern at Erie Side Cottage, Wheatley


Spotted Sandpiper at Erie Side Cottage, Wheatley






Caspian Tern at Hillman's Marsh




Wilson's Phalaropes at Hillman's Marsh






American Buff-bellied Pipit at Hillman's Marsh


Summer-plumaged Lesser Yellowlegs at Hillman's Marsh


Pied-billed Grebe at Hillman's Marsh








Sandhill Crane at the Onion Fields












Great Horned Owls at their nest in Pt. Pelee National Park