Leader: Fred
Participants: Fred , Judy, Ralph and Mary Anne, Werner, Carole, Norma, Stewart, Alfred, Arlene, Norah, Doug, Liz, Bruce, Mike and Helen, Joy, John and Kay, Bill, Beryl, Judy, Bob and Anne-Marie, Dian
Hi Everyone,
We had 25 people out today. The highlight of the day, was the 2 Red Knots we saw. One was an immature the other was an adult who still had a hint of its breeding breast. While the birding was slow to come we did get 42 species of birds.
Temperatures today varied between 19 and 26 degrees Centigrade. Winds were light and the sky was clear and sunny.
Thank you, Mary Anne for keeping the list for us.
Places visited:
1) Enroute
2) Boat House
3) Oliphant Beach
4) Pioneer Cemetery
5) Horseshoe/Mirimachi Bays
6) Independent Lagoon
7) Elderslie/Heritage Apple Farm areas.
• Canada Goose (CANG) - 1, 6
• Mallard (MALL) - 1, 6
• Blue-winged Teal (BWTE) - 5
• Northern Shoveler (NOSH) -6
• Green-winged Teal (GWTE) -5.6
• Common Merganser (COME) -3,5
• Wild Turkey (WITU) -1
• Double-crested Cormorant (DCCO) - 3.5
• Great Blue Heron (GBHE) 1,2.3.
• Great Egret (GREG) - 1,3,5
• Turkey Vulture (TUVU)-1
• Bald Eagle (BAEA) -3
• Sandhill Crane (SACR) -5
• Semipalmated Plover (SEPL) -3
• Killdeer (KILL) -7
• Greater Yellowlegs (GRYE) -6
• Red Knot (REKN) -3
• Long-billed Dowitcher -(LBDO) -3
• Wison's Snipe (WISN) -6
• Ring-billed Gull (RBGU) 1.3,5,6
• Herring Gull (HEGU) 3,5,6
• Caspian Tern (CATE) - 3
• Rock Pigeon (ROPI) -1.2.
• Mourning Dove (MODO)
• Ruby-throated Hummingbird (RTHU) -7
• Belted Kingfisher (BEKI) -3
• Northern Flicker (NOFL) -1.3
• American Kestrel (AMKE) -7
• Blue Jay (BLJA) -3
• American Crow (AMCR)
• Cliff Swallow ( CLSW) -7
• Barn Swallow (BARS) -6
• Black-capped Chickadee (BCCH)
• American Robin (AMRO)
• European Starling (EUST)
• Black-and-white Warbler (BAWW) 4
• Chipping Sparrow (CHSP) Rotary Park, Southampton
• Northern Cardinal (NOCA) 1.3
• Eastern Meadowlark (EAME) -7
• Common Grackle (COGR)
• American Goldfinch (AMGO) -1.7.
• House Sparrow (HOSP) 1
42 species seen
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