J-May 2

Twenty-five birders visited the Greenock Swamp area under warm and sunny

skies until later in the afternoon when heavy rain ended the day of birding.

Fifty-six species of birds were located by driving roads through the

interior of the wetlands as well as perimeter roads in non-accessible areas.

Short walks and stops at various locations also provided some birds.

Trip Leader: James, Ralph

Participants: Fred, Bonnie, Mary Ann,

Werner, Blain and Marg , Stewart, John and Kay

, Rae, Heather, Dave , BJ & Doug,

Chris, Judith, Arlene, Judith, Bill, Jim

, Bruce & Pat,Beryl .

1 Glamis Area

2 En Route

3 Concession #8

4 Side Rd 30

5 Concession #10

6 Cargill area

7 Schmidt lake Area

8 Sideroad 25

9 Sideroad 20B

. Great Blue Heron 2

. Mute Swan 6

. Canada Goose 2

. Wood Duck 2

. Mallard 2

. Gadwall 7

. Turkey Vulture 1

. Northern Harrier 2

. Wild Turkey 2

. Killdeer 1

. Greater Yellowlegs 5

. Lesser Yellowlegs 5

. Dunlin 5

. Least Sandpiper 5

. American Woodcock 9

. Wilson's Snipe 3

. Mourning Dove 1

. Rock Pigeon 4

. Great Horned Owl 9

. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2

. Downy Woodpecker 2

. Hairy Woodpecker 2

. Northern Flicker 2

. Pileated Woodpecker 8

. Blue Jay 2

. American Crow 2

. Horned Lark 2

. Tree Swallow 1

. Barn Swallow 2

. Black-capped Chickadee 2

. White-breasted Nuthatch 9

. Winter Wren 2

. Eastern Bluebird 3

. American Robin 1

. European Starling 1

. Yellow-rumped Warbler 7

. Black-and-white Warbler 7

. Pine warbler 2

. Northern Waterthrush 2

. Chipping Sparrow 1

. Savannah Sparrow 2

. Vesper Sparrow 2

. White-throated Sparrow 3

. White-crowned Sparrow 3

. Song Sparrow 2

. Swamp Sparrow 3

. Eastern Meadowlark 3

. Brown-headed Cowbird 2

. Red-winged Blackbird 2

. Rusty Blackbird 2

. Common Grackle 2

. Baltimore Oriole 2

. Purple Finch 3

. House Finch 6

. American Goldfinch 1

. House Sparrow 2

This was a very birdy day. The night before I had a possible Fish Crow at Horton Point and so went down there at 6 AM to see if it would reappear. No Crow but I did see 38 species before I went out to meet Ralph at MacDonalds. We met the main BBC group at Glammis and there were lots of birds around. By the time we got to our first stop it was 9AM and things were starting to quiet down. Birds are hard to find in the Greenock Swamp because it covers such a large area. Many of the lakes are so acidic they don't harbor much wildlife. The truly amazing stat for this day is the 81 species seen by the group collectively for the whole day. Birds as diverse as Snowy Owl and Rose-breasted Grosbeak