Wednesday 11 May 2011

11th May 2011 Pt. Pelee

A cold NE4 wind and clear. Walked West Beach, the Point, Tilden's Wood, back to the Point and Post Woods. Made an evening visit to Pelee Wings to see a Dickcissel before a look at Hillman's Marsh.

Great Northern Diver 3
Slavonian Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 200
Great Blue Heron 5
Mute Swan 3
Canada Goose 25
Wood Duck 1
Mallard 8
Gadwall 4
Pintail 2
Shoveler 4
Scaup 50
Lesser Scaup 2
Surf Scoter 10
Black Scoter 5
White-winged Scoter 2
Red-breasted Merganser 200
Turkey Vulture 2
Sandhill Crane 1
Semipalmated Plover 1
Killdeer 4
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Dunlin 80
Least Sandpiper 4
Long-billed Dowitcher 1
Short-billed Dowitcher 6
Bonaparte's Gull 2000
Ring-billed Gull 50
American Herring Gull 10
Great Black-backed Gull 6
Forster's Tern 15
American Black Tern 1
Mourning Dove 20
Chimney Swift 3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 4
Red-headed Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Least Flycatcher 2
Eastern Kingbird 10
Warbling Vireo 2
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 12
Horned Lark 2
Purple Martin 10
Sand Martin 5
Tree Swallow 60
Swallow 20
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
House Wren 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 6
Blue-grey Gnatcatcher 4
American Robin 25
Veery 3
Swainson's Thrush 1
Grey Catbird 6
Starling 20
Cardinal 6
Orange-crowned Warbler 1
Nashville Warbler 3
Yellow Warbler 20
Chestnut-sided Warbler 2
Cape May Warbler 2
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 3
Bay-breasted Warbler 2
Black-and-white Warbler 2
American Redstart 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 4
Indigo Bunting 1
Dickcissel 1
Chipping Sparrow 6
White-throated Sparrow 6
White-crowned Sparrow 50
Song Sparrow 1
Lincoln's Sparrow 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 5
Red-winged Blackbird 200
Common Grackle 100
Baltimore Oriole 15
Orchard Oriole 6
American Goldfinch 2
House Sparrow 10


Palm Warbler on the West Beach




Flock of Wildfowl off West Beach


First-summer drake White-winged Scoter amongst Scaup off West Beach






First-summer female White-winged Scoter off West Beach




























Surf Scoters off West Beach



Scaup off West Beach


Mourning Dove on the West Beach


Female Bay-breasted Warbler near the Point








First-summer Bonaparte's Gulls at the Point






Blue-headed Vireo in Tilden's Woods






Female Rose-breasted Grosbeak in Tilden's Wood




























Male Rose-breasted Grosbeak in Tilden's Wood


Pipistrelle at the Point












Grey Catbird at the Point








Male Common Yellowthroat at the Point


















































Warbling Vireo at the Point


Blue-grey Gnatcatcher at the Point








Male Bay-breasted Warbler at the Point




















Chipping Sparrow at the Visitor's Centre












Male Black-throated Blue Warbler along the Woodland Trail






Ruby-throated Hummingbird along the Woodland Trail








































Orange-crowned Warbler along the Woodland Trail
















Nashville Warbler along the Woodland Trail





















Male Baltimore Oriole along the Woodland Trail


Mourning Dove at Pelee Wings














Red-headed Woodpecker at Pelee Wings












































Male Dickcissel with Common Grackles at Pelee Wings


























Dowitcher at Hillman's Marsh