J-May15

Trip Leader: Ralph Knowles

Participants: Fred, Bonnie, Judy, Dave and Jean, Margaret, James, Ralph and Mary Anne, Blain and Marg, Carole, Stewart, Arlene , Bruce, Mike and Helen, Doug and BJ, Jim, Joy, John and Kay, Heather McGregor, Greg, Judy, John,

HI Everyone,

With the weather report predicting morning rain and high winds, the only weather problems we encountered were trying to figure out what layer of clothing we should take off. It was a grand day and 27 of us enjoyed seeing 87 species of birds. Wow!

Thank you to Ralph for leading the hike today and filling in for Judith King on short notice. Well done Ralph. Also, thank you to Mary Anne for keeping track of all of the birds seen today.

Places we visited today:

1) KIncardine Sewage Lagoons

2) En Route to Inverhuron Park

3 Lagoons just outside Inverhuron Park

4) Baie Du D'or

5) Government dock at Scott's Point.

• Pied-billed Grebe (PBGR) - 1

• Red-necked Grebe (RNGR) - 5

• Double-crested Cormorant (DCCO) - 4.5

• American Bittern (AMBI) - 5

• Great Blue Heron (GBHE) -1

• Green Heron (GRHE) -5

• Canada Goose -(CANG)

• Wood Duck (WODU) -1

• Mallard (MALL) -13,4,5

• Northern Shoveler (NOSH) - 3

• Blue-winged Teal (BWTE) -3

• Redhead (REDH) -4

• Lesser Scaup (LESC) -3

• Bufflehead (BUFF) -3

• Common Goldeneye (COGO) -3

• Red-breasted Merganser (RBME) -4.5

• Ruddy Duck (RUDU) -3

• Turkey Vulture (TUVU)

• Northern Harrier (NOHA) -2

• Red-tailed Hawk (RTHA) -2

• Mourning Dove (MODO)

• Rock Pigeon (ROPI)

• Killdeer (KILL)

• Solitary Sandpiper (SOSA) -1

• Spotted Sandpiper (SPSA) -1

. American Bittern (AMBI) -1

• Ring-billed Gull (RBGU)

• Herring Gull (HEGU)

• Caspian Tern (CATE) -4

• Red-bellied Woodpecker (RBWO) -1

• Downy Woodpecker (DOWO) -1

• Northern Flicker (NOFL) -1

• Blue Jay (BLJA) -1

• American Crow (AMCR)

• Chimney Swift (CHSW) -1

• Tree Swallow (TRES) - 3

• Barn Swallow (BARS) -1

• Least Flycatcher (LEFL) -1

• Eastern Phoebe (EAPH) -4

• Great Crested Flycatcher (GCFL) -1

• Eastern Kingbird (EAKI) -2

• Gray Catbird (GRCA) -1

• American Robin (AMRO)

• Veery (VEER) -1

• Wood Thrush (WOTH) -1

• Swainson's Thrush (SWTH) -1

• Brown Thrasher (BRTH) -1

• Black-capped Chickadee (BCCH) -1

• Red-breasted Nuthatch (RBNU) -1

• White-breasted Nuthatch (WBNU) -1

• House Wren (HOWR) -1

• Red-eyed Vireo (REVI) -1

• Warbling Vireo (WAVI) -1

• Tennessee Warbler (TEWA) -1

• Nashville Warbler (NAWA) -1

• Yellow Warbler (YWAR) -1

• Chestnut-sided Warbler (CSWA) -1

• Magnolia Warbler (MAWA) -1

• Cape May Warbler (CMWA) -1

• Black-throated Blue (BTBW) -1

• Yellow-rumped Warbler (YRWA) -1

• Black-throated Green (BTNW) -1

• Pine Warbler (PIWA) -1

• Palm Warbler (PAWA)- 1

• Black-and-white Warbler (BAWW) -1

• American Redstart (AMRE) -1

• Ovenbird (OVEN) 1

• Northern Waterthrush (NOWA) -1

• Common Yellowthroat (COYE) -1

• Horned Lark (HOLA) -1.2

• Clay-coloured Sparrow (CCSP) -1

• Chipping Sparrow (CHSP) -1

• Savannah Sparrow (SAVS)- 1

• White-crowned Sparrow WCSP) -1

• Song Sparrow (SOSP) -1

• Lincoln's Sparrow (LISP) -1

• Swamp Sparrow (SWSP) -1

• American Goldfinch (AMGO) -1

• Northern Cardinal (NOCA) -1

• Rose-breasted Grosbeak (RBGR) -1

• Scarlet Tanager (SCTA) -1

• Baltimore Oriole (BAOR) -1

• European Starling (EUST)

• Eastern Meadowlark (EAME) -2

• Brown-headed Cowbird (BHCO) -1

• Red-winged Blackbird (RWBL)

• Common Grackle (COGR)

Number of species seen - 87

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