I had originally planned on doing a full post on this day as things were pretty good birdwise but I have fallen behind and have some catching up to do. I'll spare you the details.
Highlights
HARRIS'S SPARROW- Self found in the 'New' Long Point Provincial Park early in the morning. I think that the bird is actually still hanging around and have seen it 4 times since.
Blue-winged Warblers- 2 in the Provincial Park
Scarlet Tanager- Just beautiful and happened to be a year bird
Eastern Fox Snake
And thats about it. It was very birdy but nothing unexpected except for the Harris's Sparrow of course.
May 5
Same stuff as May 4th
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RONDEAU AREA May 10
I was a little worried on the drive down Friday Morning because of the torrential downpour but as soon as we hit the "Welcome to Rondeau" sign, the rain stopped, a little good luck to start the day. My Grandma and I arrived at about 8:30, a little later than hoped but for a long drive pretty respectable. The plan was to bird from the northern end of Rondeau to the tip down south point trail then hit Blenheim Sewage Lagoons on the way back. We didn't make it to the tip but heard it was very slow anyways.
Starting off at the pony barns I immediately realized that there were plenty of Rose-breasted Grosbeaks and they could be heard and seen almost constantly. The pond next to the pony barns were especially productive with many warbler species. I added some good birds to the 2013 list in the form of Northern Waterthrush and American Redstart. Walking down to spicebush was pretty uneventful with the usual suspects singing. Most of the birds were low because of the wind, but a pair fo tufted titmice made and appearance. Spicebush provided a pretty good assortment of warblers but in many ways the people outnumbered the birds. A Worm-eating Warbler and Golden-winged Warbler were around but eluded most people including us. We did get a tip from a man that said that he had a Kentucky Warbler at the maintenance loop so we hitched a ride back and went to check it out.
A Hooded Warbler was a very cool bird but other than that it was pretty much dead. Just as we were about to get into the car however I heard a bird sing from the edge of the bush across the road... Kentucky Warbler! I listened to it for a bit just to make sure and everything matched..This was a lifer for me,though I was hoping to actually see it. I am comfident I will get good looks in the future and am looking forward to it. From there, we somehow ended up at the visitor's center where I hung around waiting for one of the Yellow-throated Warblers to show up at the feeders there while my Grandma went to search for the Kentucky Warbler. I got tired of that so I walked down the road to the McArthur's cottage feeder where I finally found it.
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| Yellow-throated Warbler-Rondeau Provincial Park |
A Yellow-throated Warb pic from from last year with a point and shoot camera (courtesy of my Grandma)
After no more luck with the Kentucky Warbler we headed to the very productive Blenheim Sewage Lagoons.
Highlights:
Cackling Goose
Wilson's Phalaropes-4
Semi-palmated Sandpiper-1
Lots of other expected shorebirds along with 15 bobolinks!
Over all a pretty productive day despite the rainy start and slightly slow bird speaking. Once again no good pictures because of camera troubles but hopefully soon.
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