R Oct. 1

Trip Leader: James Turland,

Participants: Fred, Bonnie, Margaret A, Liz S, James, Ralph and Mary Anne, Carole, Norma, Alfred, Arlene, Alice, Doug P, Liz, Bruce, Mike and Helen, Doug and BJ, Jim P, Bill, Judy W, Bob and Anne-Marie, Beryl

Hi Everyone,

Thanks James for leading us on a great hike today. We enjoyed the stories you told us as we looked for birds and the places you took us to. The day started slowly but then the birds seem to find us. We saw a total of 52 species. That is an interesting comparison to our OFO Ottawa trip of 3 days of birding where we saw about 76 species of birds.

An interesting side show took place along with our birding. We got involved in the Monarch Butterfly migration. It was great to see them in such numbers recovering somewhat after the devastation they suffered last year.

Twenty-five of us enjoyed the hike.

Some of our feature birds were Red-throated Loon, Horned Grebe, White-winged Scoter, Surf Scoter, American Pipit, American Redstart, Pine Siskin and Lincoln Sparrow. Some Savannah Sparrows put on a great show for us.

Temperatures ranged between 13 and 19 C, with some wind at times, and mostly overcast skies.

• Canada Goose (CANG)

• Wood Duck (WODU)

• American Wigeon (AMWI)

• American Black Duck (ABDU)

• Mallard (MALL)

• Northern Shoveler (NOSH)

*Green-Winged Teal

• Redhead (REDH)

• Greater Scaup (GRSC)

• Surf Scoter (SUSC)

• White-winged Scoter (WWSC)

• Bufflehead (BUFF)

• Common Goldeneye (COGO)

• Hooded Merganser (HOME)

• Common Merganser (COME)

• Ruddy Duck (RUDU)

• Red-throated Loon (RTLO)

• Common Loon (COLO)

• Horned Grebe (HOGR)

• Double-crested Cormorant (DCCO)

• Great Blue Heron (GBHE)

• Turkey Vulture (TUVU)

• Killdeer

-Wilson's Snipe

• Ring-billed Gull (RBGU)

• Herring Gull (HEGU)

• Rock Pigeon (ROPI)

• Mourning Dove (MODO)

• Belted Kingfisher (BEKI)

• Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (YBSA)

• Downy Woodpecker (DOWO)

-Hairy Woodpecker

• Northern Flicker (NOFL)

• American Kestrel (AMKE)

• Merlin (MERL)

• Blue Jay (BLJA)

• American Crow (AMCR)

• Horned Lark (HOLA)

• Black-capped Chickadee (BCCH)

-House Wren

• Golden-crowned Kinglet (GCKI)

• Ruby-crowned Kinglet (RCKI)

• American Robin (AMRO)

• European Starling (EUST)

• American Pipit (AMPI)

• American Redstart (AMRE)

• Savannah Sparrow (SAVS)

• Song Sparrow (SOSP)

• Lincoln's Sparrow (LISP)

• White-throated Sparrow (WTSP)

• White-crowned Sparrow WCSP)

• Northern Cardinal (NOCA)

• Red-winged Blackbird (RWBL)

• Eastern Meadowlark (EAME)

• Pine Siskin (PISI)

• American Goldfinch (AMGO)

56 species seen. Any errors or omissions, please inform sender