This year's Durham Region trip followed a different route from past trips.
Instead of covering Cranberry Marsh from the east side, we went to the west side from the south platform at Halls Road, then to Pringle Creek east of Whitby Harbour followed by Darlington Provincial Park and, for some of us, the west berm of Oshawa Second Marsh. This route allowed us to cover the shorebird areas that were available this year - Pringle Creek, Darlington Beach, and the north-west corner of Second Marsh. A total of 66 species were recorded. Shorebirds: Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Least, Spotted and Semipalmated Sandpipers, Short-billed Dowitcher, Killdeer, Semipalmated, and the last of the Darlington Piping Plovers. Flycatchers: Eastern Kingbird, Willow/Alder (Traill's), Eastern Wood-Pewee, Eastern Phoebe, and Olive-sided (our last bird of the day). Passerines: Yellow, Pine, Yellow-rumped, Black-and-white Warblers, Northern Waterthrush, Common Yellowthroat, American Redstart, Baltimore Oriole, Cedar Waxwing, Red-eyed and Warbling Vireos Other highlights: Great Egret (2 unbanded), Osprey, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Common Loon, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Rayfield Pye and John Stirrat --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide
