A large fallout of Passerines (2000+ white-throated sparrows, 16 Brown
Thrashers, 10 species of warblers, etc.) occurred Saturday morning. By
Monday morning the number of birds has gone down significantly, but the
species diversity continues to rise.
Highlights Monday morning total: 120 species
Waterfowl: 21 Species including Black and White-winged Scoters, Northern
Shoveler, Common Goldeneyes, American Wigeon, Wood Duck, 450+ Long tailed
Ducks, 815 Red-breasted Mergansers etc.
Loons and Grebes: 2 Red-throated and 11 Common Loons. 3 Pied-billed and 1
Horned Grebe
Green , Black-crowned and Great Blue Herons
Terns and Gulls 7 species including: 1 Forsters Tern, 1 Little Gull and 22
Bonaparte's Gulls ( numbers for both later species dropped quickly and
earlier this year)
2 Virginia Rails, 2 Moorhens, and 4 Coots
Raptors: 6 Species including Sharp-shinned, Cooper's and a 2007 hatched
Female Northern Goshawk eating a Eastern Grey Squirrel in Darlington
Provincial Park
5 Species of Woodpeckers including 1 Pileated Woodpecker
Vireos: Blue-headed, Red-eyed and Warbling
Wrens: Marsh, Sedge, House, and Winter
Flycatchers : Great Crested Flycatcher, Eastern Phoebe, Eastern Kingbird and
Eastern Wood Pewee
Swallows: 5 species including Purple Martins
WARBLERS 13 species: Golden-winged Warbler 1, Nashville, Northern Parula 1,
Chestnut-sided, Yellow-rumped, Black and White, Black-throated Blue,
Black-throated Green, Pine, Palm, Yellow, Northern Waterthrush and Common
Yellowthroat
Also seen 10+ Eastern Towhees, 10+ Brown Thrashers, Gray Catbirds, Baltimore
and Orchard Orioles, Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, Blue-gray gnatcatchers, and
Indigo Buntings
Direction:
Oshawa Second Marsh
Exit from the 401 at the Harmony Rd. Exit(419) in Oshawa. Go south on
Farewell St. Colonel Sam Drive. Turn East onto Colonel Sam Drive and follow
to the parking lot at the GM Headquarters. Park in the west parking lot
close to the marsh. The east (GM) platform is visible from the NW corner of
the lot.
For a trail map of the Oshawa Second Marsh area visit
www.secondmarsh.com and check the link for a trail map of
the area
Darlington Provincial Park borders the east side Oshawa Second
Marsh/McLaughlin Bay Nature Reserve.
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