Willet and warblers at Port Burwell
At 10:00 a.m. and again at 3:30 p.m. there was a single Willet with 3
Greater Yellowlegs and 15 Forster's Terns on the east beach at Port Burwell.
A three hour hike through Port Burwell PP turned up 68 species including 12
species of warblers, some in good numbers, and 9 species of sparrows
including 100s of White-throated Sparrows. It would have been easy to
break 100 species today. Here's a partial list of the more interesting
species and those with high numbers.
Yellow Warbler 7
Black-and-White 9
Tennessee 1
Nashville 6
Cerulean 1 female
Black-throated Green 4
Palm 3
Chestnut-sided 1
Ovenbird 1
Pine 2
Yellow-rumped 35+
N. Waterthrush 1
Lincoln's Sparrow 3
Swamp Sparrow 10
Least Flycatcher 1
Brown Thrasher 7
Eastern Towhee 6
Hermit Thrush 8
Veery 1
Wood Thrush 1
Blue-headed Vireo 6
Indigo Bunting 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Judging from the reports over most of the southern part of the province,
you can see that when there's a big day at Pelee or Rondeau it will be a
big day most everywhere, even in your yard!
Port Burwell is on Lake Erie at the east end of Elgin County, about 20
minutes south of Tilsonburg on Highway 19 (Plank Road).
Dave Martin
Harrietsville, ON
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