Tuesday 10 May 2011

10th May 2011 Pt. Pelee

A stormy start to the day with rain at first. Walked West Beach to the Point and then Tilden's Wood. Made another evening visit to Hillman's Marsh.

Great Northern Diver 1
Double-crested Cormorant 100
Great Blue Heron 8
Mute Swan 3
Canada Goose 20
Wood Duck 1
Mallard 6
Gadwall 2
Shoveler 10
Scaup 50
Surf Scoter 6
Black Scoter 25
White-winged Scoter 5
Red-breasted Merganser 200
Turkey Vulture 10
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Bald Eagle 1
Wild Turkey 2
Sandhill Crane 1
Grey Plover 2
Semipalmated Plover 10
Killdeer 4
Spotted Sandpiper 3
Dunlin 80
Least Sandpiper 10
Short-billed Dowitcher 10
Wilson's Phalarope 2
Bonaparte's Gull 40
Ring-billed Gull 40
American Herring Gull 20
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Caspian Tern 1
Common Tern 20
Forster's Tern 80
American Black Tern 2
Mourning Dove 20
Downy Woodpecker 2
Least Flycatcher 3
Empidonax Flycatcher sp. 2
Eastern Kingbird 5
Warbling Vireo 1
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Blue Jay 12
Purple Martin 10
Sand Martin 12
Tree Swallow 100
Swallow 20
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 4
Brown Creeper 1
House Wren 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 10
Blue-grey Gnatcatcher 4
American Robin 25
Veery 2
Hermit Thrush 2
Grey Catbird 4
Brown Thrasher 1
Starling 20
Cardinal 10
American Buff-bellied Pipit 1
Golden-winged Warbler 1
Nashville Warbler 4
Yellow Warbler 80
Magnolia Warbler 2
Cap May Warbler 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler 2
Myrtle Warbler 4
Palm Warbler 3
Prothonotary Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 5
American Redstart 2
Northern Waterthrush 3
Common Yellowthroat 4
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2
Chipping Sparrow 5
Savannah Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 2
White-crowned Sparrow 80
Red-winged Blackbird 200
Common Grackle 100
Baltimore Oriole 4
Orchard Oriole 4
American Goldfinch 4
House Sparrow 15





Red-breasted Mergansers at the Point












Savannah Sparrow along West Beach




















Hermit Thrush along West Beach








Male Baltimore Oriole at the Point


























































































Male Golden-winged Warbler at the Point








Male American Redstart along Shuster's Trail
















Male Prothonotary Warbler along Shuster's Trail




























Male Myrtle Warbler in Tilden's Wood






White-tailed Deer in Tilden's Wood










Male Yellow Warbler in Tilden's Wood
































Yellow-throated Vireo in Tilden's Wood










Wild Turkey in Tilden's Wood














Least Flycatcher in Tilden's Wood




Bonaparte's, Ring-billed and American Herring Gulls and Grey Plover at Hillman's Marsh






Adult American Herring Gull at Hillman's Marsh






American Herring Gull and Grey Plover
























Short-billed Dowitchers at Hillman's Marsh