Walked Dufferin Islands NR adjacent to Niagara Falls and then drove to Wheatley
arriving in the late afternoon. We were welcomed by Donna & Scott Makey and moved-in to Erie Side, our
superb lakeside cottage on Lake Erie, where we were staying for the next three
weeks. The weather was sunny and calm but with a strong easterly wind late
afternoon.
Double-crested Cormorant c.50
Great Blue Heron 5
Great Egret 3
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1
Mute Swan 7
Canada Goose c.35
Wood Duck 1
Mallard 4
Gadwall 7
Green-winged Teal 30W
Red-breasted Merganser 2
Ruddy Duck 1
Turkey Vulture c.30
Red-tailed Hawk 6
Bald Eagle 1
Merlin 1
Bonaparte's Gull 50W
Ring-billed Gull c.1,000
American Herring Gull c.10
Mourning Dove c.50
Belted Kingfisher 1
Downy Woodpecker 3
Blue Jay 5
American Crow 20
Purple Martin 10
Tree Swallow 15
Barn Swallow 4
Black-capped Chickadee 8
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Brown Creeper 1
American Robin c.60
Grey Catbird 2
Brown Thrasher 1
Starling c.100
Cardinal 2
Yellow Warbler 3
Black-throated Blue Warbler 3 males
Myrtle Warbler c.10
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Eastern Towhee 1
Field Sparrow 1
Chipping Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 5
White-crowned Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 4
Red-winged Blackbird c.500
Common Grackle c.500
Baltimore Oriole 1
House Finch 5
American Goldfinch 4
House Sparrow c.50
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| Field Sparrow at Dufferin Islands NR |
Male Black-throated Blue Warblers at Dufferin Islands
NR
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| Black-capped Chickadee at Dufferin Islands NR |
American Robin at Dufferin Islands NR
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| Female Belted Kingfisher at Dufferin Islands NR |
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| White-breasted Nuthatch at Dufferin Islands NR |
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| Myrtle Warblers at Dufferin Islands NR |
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| Presumed first-summer male House Finch at Wheatley |
