Friday 6 May 2011

6th May 2011 Pt. Pelee

A dry start to the day but then cloudy to be followed by some light rain. A Kirtland's Warbler was found moving north through Post Woods mid-morning that we finally saw near the Visitor's Centre at midday. We again visited Hillman's Marsh in the evening.

Slavonian Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 250
Great Blue Heron 6
Great Egret 5
Mute Swan 1
Canada Goose 25
Wood Duck 2
Mallard 4
Gadwall 7
Pintail 4
Shoveler 3
Blue-winged Teal 8
Green-winged Teal 1
Scaup 150
Bufflehead 1
Red-breasted Merganser 150
Ruddy Duck 5
Turkey Vulture 3
Northern Harrier 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Bald Eagle 1
Pheasant 1
Wild Turkey 2
American Coot 2
Sandhill Crane 1
Semipalmated Plover 4
Killdeer 5
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 15
Dunlin 300
Wilson's Phalarope 4
Willet 13
Bonaparte's Gull 5
Ring-billed Gull 50
American Herring Gull 10
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Common Tern 20
Forster's Tern 60
Mourning Dove 10
Great Horned Owl 3
Red-headed Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 2
Eastern Phoebe 1
Eastern Kingbird 2
Warbling Vireo 3
White-eyed Vireo 3
Blue-headed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 1
Purple Martin 10
Rough-winged Swallow 10
Sand Martin 5
Tree Swallow 300
Barn Swallow 30
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Brown Creeper 1
House Wren 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
Blue-grey Gnatcatcher 8
Eastern Bluebird 2
American Robin 30
Grey Catbird 6
Northern Mockingbird 1
Starling 20
Cardinal 4
Yellow Warbler 3
Magnolia Warbler 4
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
Blackburnian Warbler 1
Myrtle Warbler 4
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Kirtland's Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 3
Common Yellowthroat 2
Scarlet Tanager 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 5
Field Sparrow 1
Chipping Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 8
White-crowned Sparrow 35
Lincoln's Sparrow 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Red-winged Blackbird 250
Common Grackle 200
Baltimore Oriole 3
Orchard Oriole 1
American Goldfinch 3
House Sparrow 10


Sandhill Crane at the Onion Fields













Pair of Blue-winged Teal at the Onion Fields










































Displaying male Northern Harrier over the Onion Fields
















Summer-plumaged Slavonian Grebe at the Point




































































































American Herring Gulls at the Point





Great Black-backed Gull at the Point



Ring-billed Gull at the Point




White-crowned Sparrow at the Point




White-throated Sparrow at the Point


































































Male Kirtland's Warbler near the Visitor's Center
















Eastern Bluebird at De Laurier's Homestead


Common Grackle at De Laurier's Homestead




White-crowned Sparrow sporting a white collar










American Coot at the Marsh Boardwalk








Forster's Tern at Hillman's Marsh
















Wilson's Phalaropes at Hillman's Marsh


Lesser Yellowlegs at Hillman's Marsh




Dunlin at Hillman's Marsh




Willets at Hillman's Marsh