On a partly cloudy, partly sunny weekend 12 birders explored the Bruce Peninsula from Hepworth to the northern part of the Peninsula over the 2 days.Leaders: Cindy Cartwright (Saturday), Kiah Jasper (Sunday), Alfred Raab (both days)We visited the following areas: Saturday: Sable Beach, Sable Falls, Boat Lake, Malcolm Bluff, Crooked Toe Road, Sky Lake, Isaak LakeSunday: Tobermory Airport area, Crane Lake Road, Lindsay Rd 40, Dyers Bay Rd.Heavy fog prevented us from going to the north end of the Peninsula, also the Singing Sands area was closed.We saw a total of 115 species. Many birds were heard only such as Sora, Virginia Rail and Blue-winged Warbler.We had good looks at: American Bittern, Ospreys on nest, Bald Eagle, lots of Sandhill Cranes, Piping Plover on nest, Wilson Snipe, many Black Terns, Black and Yellow-billed Cuckoos, Marsh Wrens, many Golden-winged Warblers, Eastern Towhee, Clay-colored Sparrow, Grasshopper Sparrow, lots of Bobolinks, Eastern Meadowlark, Brewer's Blackbirds.It was an excellent birding day, but we could not find a Sedge Wren, Bank Swallow and Upland Sandpiper.Thanks to all participants for a very enjoyable day. Special thanks to Mary Ramotar for identifying the flowers. Alfred Raabnear Lions Head _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - 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 Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
