29 OFOers joined me this morning as we birded the Durham waterfront. Stops included Duffin's Creek/Rotary Park in Ajax, Hall's Road/Cranberry Marsh, Whitby Harbour, Thickson's Woods and Second Marsh.
We found 101 species. Highlights included: 1 Little Gull in a large flock of Bonaparte's Gulls off Hall's Road several Common Loons and Horned Grebes Trumpeter Swans, Redheads, Ring-necked Duck were amongst the 15 species recorded 5 species of raptors - Red-tailed, Cooper's and Sharp-shinned Hawks + Merlin and Northern Harrier Virginia Rail at Second Marsh and Sora and Moorhen at Cranberry Marsh 1 Great Horned Owl in Thickson's Woods 1 Chimney Swift at Rotary Park, Ajax 1 Marsh Wren at Second Marsh 1 Least Flycatcher and 3 Eastern Kingbirds at Second Marsh 2 Great Egrets and 3 BCN Herons at Second Marsh 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker and a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker at Thickson's Woods Blue-headed and Warbling Vireos 1 Orchard Oriole at Second Marsh + lots of Baltimores everywhere 1 BG Gnatcatcher at Hall's Rd and two at Cool Hollow (Second Marsh) 1 Swainson's Thrush at Thickson's Woods 11 species of warblers 8 species of sparrows including one Fox Sparrow at Thickson's Woods 3+ Bobolinks at Second Marsh 1 Eastern Meadowlark at Thickson's and Hwy 401 - an uncommon sighting in the city thx to all who came and endured my bad jokes. Geoff Carpentier www.avocetnatureservices.com _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
