May 11
After a full 10+ hour day at Rondeau, I had another early start today as this is the day that I was doing my Birdathon on. A birdathon is a fund raiser for birds and wildlife. People sponsor you and you try to see how many species you can see in one day.
Unfortunately this year, May 11 happened to be Cold and Windy so the birds hunkered down and weren't singing much. The total species count for the day was 109. Not high but we had to really search for the birds today. Regardless, we saw some pretty good birds, despite the tough weather.
I will just outline some highlights from a long day:
Dickcissel- Bird of the day and lifer for me at E Quarter line
Harris's Sparrow- Same bird that I found last weekend
Hooded Warb- Backus woods
I spent most of my spare time just traveling around the Long Point area and spent a good chunk of Sunday just haning around the banding station and woodlot. This is a place where you can meet a lot of people and often learn a lot.
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| Common Nighthawk- Long Point, ON First Nighthawk of the year |
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| Magnolia Warbler- Long Point, ON Off to Long Point again for the long weekend! The migration has supposed to have really picked up today so I'll see what I can find. |
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