I-May2

BBC Hike May 2.

Leaders; Ralph Knowles + James Turland

BBC Members Attending; Becky, Kay and John, Kerry, Molita, Margaret, Arlene, Judy, Fred, Jim, Helen + Mike,Judith,

Peter, Ralph, James , Joy, B.J. +Doug Bruce, Norah, Bonnie, Werner, Bruce Pat and Blake, Bill

Hi All; The Kincardine lagoons really earned its Pelee of the North name today. There are only a few select days each year when the birding is this good. We hadn't but stepped down the trail a few feet when things started happening. Birds were getting called out so fast our stenographer (Mary Anne Knowles) didn't get a chance to look up for several minutes. The warblers started out high in the trees but with patience almost everyone got good looks at 10 warbler species. Including blazing Blackburnians, trunk clinging Black + Whites and both Black-throated Blues and Greens. Considering none of these birds were here yesterday we are fortunate our hike was a day late. The weather was equally pleasant and because the leaves haven't unfurled yet viewing was easier. Nearly the whole morning passed at just this one site. A quick stop down at the lake where the warblers were also in abundance but not diversity. Lunch was at Carmells in Tiverton were we enjoyed a smorgasbord with exquisite desserts. Then a hike through the newly developed Tiverton Veteran Trail. The camaraderie was wonderful the weather supreme and the birding excellent. What more could one ask for.

Kincardine + area, Bruce, CA-ON

May 2, 2013 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Protocol: Traveling

20.0 mile(s)

Comments: BBC Outing Ralph Knowles + James Turland

70 species

Weather; Sunny and 20 degrees by the lake and 24 inland. Light breeze.

AREAS VISITED

1. Kincardine Lagoons

2. Poplar Beach

3. Tiverton Walk

Canada Goose 1

Mallard 1,2

Northern Shoveler 1

Ring-necked Duck 1

Lesser Scaup 1

Bufflehead 1

Common Merganser 2

Ruddy Duck 1

Double-crested Cormorant 1

Great Blue Heron 1

Green Heron 1

Turkey Vulture 1,2,3

Northern Harrier ?

Red-tailed Hawk 1

Killdeer 2

Spotted Sandpiper 1,2

Ring-billed Gull 1,2

Herring Gull 1,2

Caspian Tern 2

Rock Pigeon 1

Mourning Dove 1,2,3

Belted Kingfisher 1

Red-bellied Woodpecker 1

Downy Woodpecker 1

Northern Flicker 1,2,3

Pileated Woodpecker 1

Eastern Phoebe 1

Eastern Kingbird 1,3

Blue-headed Vireo 1

Warbling Vireo 1,3

Blue Jay 1

American Crow 1

Common Raven 1

Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1

Tree Swallow 3

Barn Swallow 2,3

Black-capped Chickadee 1

Red-breasted Nuthatch 1

House Wren 1

Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1

Hermit Thrush 1

American Robin 1,2,3

Brown Thrasher 1,3

European Starling 1,3

Northern Waterthrush 1

Black-and-white Warbler 1,2

Nashville Warbler 1

American Redstart 1

Blackburnian Warbler 1

Yellow Warbler 1

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler 1

Palm Warbler 1,2

Yellow-rumped Warbler 1,2

Black-throated Green Warbler 1

Eastern Towhee 1

Chipping Sparrow 1,3

Savannah Sparrow 1

Song Sparrow 1,2,3

Swamp Sparrow 1

White-throated Sparrow 1

White-crowned Sparrow 1

Dark-eyed Junco 1

Northern Cardinal 1

Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1

Red-winged Blackbird 1,2,3

Eastern Meadowlark on route

Common Grackle 1,2

Brown-headed Cowbird 1,2,3