Wednesday 4 May 2011

4th May 2011 Pt. Pelee

A cold northerly wind persisted all day but it remained dry. The Point was quiet, so walked the Sparrow Field, Woodland Trail and then Tilden's Wood. Made an evening visit to Hillman's Marsh.

Black-necked Grebe 1
Pied-billed Grebe 2
Double-crested Cormorant 50
Great Blue Heron 6
Great Egret 1
Green Heron 1
Mute Swan 1
Canada Goose 20
Wood Duck 5
Mallard 3
Pintail 3
Shoveler 30
Green-winged Teal 3
Scaup 75
Lesser Scaup 4
Bufflehead 12
Red-breasted Merhanser 150
Ruddy Duck 8
Turkey Vulture 10
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Peregrine 1
Wild Turkey 2
Sandhill Crane 2
Grey Plover 1
Semipalmated Plover 2
Killdeer 6
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 15
Dunlin 80
Wilson's Phalarope 5
Bonaparte's Gull 250
Ring-billed Gull 50
American Herring Gull 5
Caspian Tern 3
Mourning Dove 25
Great Horned Owl 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 3
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
Blue Jay 20
Purple Martin 20
Rough-winged Swallow 25
Sand Martin 10
Tree Swallow 100
Cliff Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 50
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
Brown Creeper 4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5
Blue-grey Gnatcatcher 12
American Robin 50
Wood Thrush 2
Veery 3
Swainson's Thrush 1
Hermit Thrush 5
Grey Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 1
Starling 50
Cardinal 8
Blue-winged Warbler 1
Nashville Warbler 4
Yellow Warbler 15
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Magnolia Warbler 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
Myrtle Warbler 6
Prothonotary Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 6
Ovenbird 2
Northern Waterthrush 1
Common Yellowthroat 2
Hooded Warbler 1
Yellow-breasted Chat 1
Scarlet Tanager 1 orange variant
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2
Eastern Towhee 2
Field Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 6
White-crowned Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 2
Swamp Sparrow 3
Red-winged Blackbird 200
Common Grackle 100
Baltimore Oriole 2
House Sparrow 10















Racoon at the Point






Male Baltimore Oriole at the Point


Blue-grey Gnatcatcher at the Point


Male Black-throated Blue Warbler at the Point


White-crowned Sparrow at the Sparrow Field








Song Sparrow at the Sparrow Field






Male Black-and-white Warbler in Post Woods







Sandhill Cranes over the Woodland Trail


Yellow-breasted Chat along the Woodland Trail















































Male Prothonotary Warbler along the Woodland Trail



















Yellow Warblers along the Woodland Trail






















Male Black-and-white Warblers along the Woodland Trail







Black-capped Chickadee near the Visitor's Centre
















Male Hooded Warbler in Tilden's Wood






Hermit Thrush in Tilden's Wood




Blue-winged Warbler in Tilden's Wood




Brown Creeper in Tilden's Wood















Great Crested Flycatcher in Tilden's Wood












Male Chestnut-sided Warbler in Tilden's Wood


























































































Ovenbird in Tilden's Wood










Swamp Sparrow in Tilden's Wood













Northern Waterthrush in Tilden's Wood




















































Male orange variant Scarlet Tanager in Tilden's Wood


Male Magnolia Warbler in Tilden's Wood


Male Hooded Warbler in Tilden's Wood