Trip Leader: Mike and Helen
Participants: Fred, Judy, Margaret, Liz, Ralph and Mary Anne, Carole, Norma, Stewart, Alfred, Arlene, Norah, Judith, Judith, Doug, Kim, Brendan, Liz, Bruce, Mike and Helen, Doug and BJ, Joy, Bruce & Pat, Judy, Melitta, Christine, Marlene, Joan, Mary (32 people, please check that we included everyone)
Wow, what a great job, MIke and Helen did in marshaling us around today coming up with 58 species of birds. I know that a lot of prep time was put into making this day for us and the preparation they resulted in a great day for us. Thank you for the great day.
We had a record number of people out today with 32 participants. The temperature was a high of 27 C, the sky was blue with plenty of sunshine. The winds were light.
Thank you Margaret for keeping track of the birds and participants for us.
Places visited:
1) The Independent Pond
2) Miramachi Bay
3) Horseshoe Bay
4) Oliphant past the no exit sign at north end
5) Rankin River
6) Wiarton Sewage Lagoons
7) Fidlers Green
• Pied-billed Grebe (PBGR) -6
• Double-crested Cormorant (DCCO) -2,3
• Great Blue Heron (GBHE) -7
• Great Egret (GREG) - 3,7
• Green Heron (GRHE) -1
• Ruffed Grouse (RUGR) -7
• Sandhill Crane (SACR) -7
• Canada Goose -(CANG)
• Wood Duck (WODU) -6
• Mallard (MALL)
• American Black Duck (ABDU) -1
• Gadwall (GADW) -6
• American Wigeon (AMWI) -2
• Northern Shoveler (NSHO) -6
• Blue-winged Teal (BWTE) -2
• Green-winged Teal (GWTE) -1
• Redhead (REDH) 6
• Red-breasted Merganser (RBME) -6
• Turkey Vulture (TUVU) -4
• Northern Harrier (NOHA) -1
• Red-tailed Hawk (RTHA) -7
• Bald Eagle (BAEA) -3
• Merlin (MERL) -2
• Mourning Dove (MODO)
• Rock Pigeon (ROPI) - 7
• Black-bellied Plover (BBPL) -4
• Semipalmated Plover (SEPL) -2
• Killdeer (KILL) -2
• Greater Yellowlegs (GRYE) -2
• Lesser Yellowlegs (LEYE) -2
• Sanderling (SAND) -2, 4
• Pectoral Sandpiper (PESA) -2
• Stilt Sandpiper (STSA) -2
• Ring-billed Gull (RBGU)
• Herring Gull (HEGU)
• Caspian Tern (CATE) -3
• Belted Kingfisher (BEKI) - 1
• Downy Woodpecker (DOWO) 1,7
• Northern Flicker (NOFL) -2
• Pileated Woodpecker (PIWO) en route to Sauble Beach
• Blue Jay (BLJA)
• Common Raven (CORA) -5
• American Crow (AMCR)
• Ruby-throated Hummingbird (RTHU) - 7
• Eastern Wood-Pewee (EAWP) -7
• Gray Catbird (GRCA) -7
• American Robin (AMRO) 2,7
• Black-capped Chickadee (BCCH) 5,7
• White-breasted Nuthatch (WBNU) - 7
• Nashville Warbler (NAWA) -7
• American Redstart (AMRE) -7
• Common Yellowthroat (COYE) -5
• Savannah Sparrow (SAVS) -1
• Song Sparrow (SOSP) - 1
• American Goldfinch (AMGO) -5
• Northern Cardinal (NOCA) 5
• European Starling (EUST)
• Red-winged Blackbird (RWBL) -7
58 species of birds seen
Any errors or omissions, please contact sender.