Good morning folks. Yesterday I met up with Margaret Liubavicius and together we spent an enjoyable day of birding on The Islands and we came up with 87 species including 18 Warblers, 6 Thrushes and 9 Sparrows and below is a copy of my report to the TOC Records Committee.
- Double-crested Cormorant - 750 - overhead thru-out - Canvasback - 2 - pair at Wards Island ferry dock - Cooper's Hawk - 2 - Wildlife Sanctuary - Peregrine Falcon - hunting the airfield on Hanlans Point - Downy Woodpecker - 13 - thru-out - several frisky birds - Least Flycatcher - 30 - thru-out - 16 of them in the area beside the eastern gap - Great Crested Flycatcher - 3 - Wards Island and Hanlans - Eastern Kingbird - Wards and Hanlans - Blue-headed Vireo - 25 - thru-out - in threes and fours - my personal record - Warbling Vireo - 18 - thru-out - Black-capped Chickadee - 20 - thru-out - Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 37 - thru-out - Blue Gray Gnatcatcher - 14 - thru-out - Veery - 7 - 1 on Wards and 6 on Hanlans - Gray-cheeked Thrush - 3 - Wards and Hanlans - Swainson's Thrush - 11 - Hanlans - Hermit Thrush - 9 - Wards, Sanctuary and Hanlans - Wood Thrush - 5 - Wards, Gibralter Point and Hanlans - American Robin - 50 - thru-out - Gray Catbird - 20 - thru-out - Brown Thrasher - 3 - Wards and Hanlans - Blue-winged Warbler - 2 - Snake and Hanlans - Nashville Warbler - 12 - thru-out - Northern Parula - 1 - Snake Island - Yellow Warbler - 88 - thru-out - Chestnut-sided Warbler - 7 - Wards, Snake, Snug Harbour and Sanctuary - Magnolia Warbler - 8 - Wards, Snake, Snug and Hanlans - Cape May Warbler - 4 - Wards and Snake - Black-throated blue Warbler - 8 - Wards, Snake, Snug, and Sanctuary - Yellow-rumped Warbler - 70 - thru-out - NOTE - 1 female bird was seen gathering feathers on Hanlans - Bay-breasted Warbler - 2 - Centre and Sanctuary - Black-and-white Warbler - 6 - Wards, Snake, Sanctuary and Hanlans - American Redstart - 2 - Snug - Common Yellowthroat - 1 - Wards - Chipping Sparrow - 21 - thru-out - Grasshopper Sparrow - 1 - well seen as it posed on Gibralter Point - Song Sparrow - 21 - thru-out - Lincoln's Sparrow - 13 - Wards and Hanlans - Swamp Sparrow - 3 - Wards and Hanlans - White-throated Sparrow - 109 - thru-out - White-crowned Sparrow - 73 - thru-out - Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 22 - Wards, Snug and Sanctuary - Baltimore Oriole - 64 - thru-out Also seen were plenty of the usual suspects and also Black-crowned Night-Herons, Belted Kingfishers, Bonaparte's Gull, Cedar Waxwings, Scarlet Tanager and Bobolinks on the Hanlans Point airfield and fence. --------------------------------------------------------------------- "Eliminate annoying spam! My mailbox is protected by iHateSpam, the #1-rated spam buster." http://www.ihatespam.net
