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I birded most of the trails and marsh (and adjacent lake) from 3:40 to
6:00 pm. I found the Arctic Tern at 3: 55 pm as it flew in from the
lake through the marsh over-flow channel with two Common Terns. It was
about 20 feet over my head and I could clearly see the small bark red
bill with no black tip. It flew around and circled back again over me
back into Lake Ontario. I checked the lake again at 6:00 am and could
not relocate the bird although there were still at least 5 Common Terns
on the marsh. Like other areas of the southern Ontario the warbler
fallout was widespread with warblers scattered through virtually all
areas I covered. Mark Cranford gave me the location of the Blue-winged
Warbler. Here the warbler totals: Yellow-rumped: 64; Palm: 33;
Black-and-white and Black-throated Green: 20; Nashville and
Blackburnian: 5; Orange-crowned and Pine: 3; Yellow: 2 and singles of
Northern Waterthrush, Ovenbird, Hooded, Blue-winged, Chestnut-sided,
Magnolia and Common Yellowthroat. Other highlights include a
Clay-colored Sparrow singing just outside the gate leading to the
soccer field of Green Glade School. The were also small numbers of
Gray-head, Warbling and Red-eyed Vireos. The only flycatchers I saw
were two Great Crested. Other than a dozen Robins I found not other
thrushes ... very strange. There were small numbers of Baltimore
Orioles and Rose-breasted Grosbeaks.
