A very good day yesterday (Friday) for Margaret Liubavicius and myself as I predicted to Margaret.
Despite the usual lie about the weather and for the 3rd time that sun was predicted though the wind was expected. We birded the our usual route from the dock to Gibralter and back and following are some of the hi-lights. 6 White-winged Scoters, 5 Sharp-shinned Hawks, 2 Red-tailed Hawks, 5 Merlins, a Peregrine Falcon, Flickers, 34 Phoebes, 200+ Blue Jays, Red-breasted Nuthatches, Brown Creepers, 50+ Golden-crowned Kinglets, 100+ Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Veery, 3 Gray-cheeked Thrushes, 19 Swainson`s Thrushes, 30 Hermit Thrushes, some Robins, a Catbird, 1 Northern Mockingbird, 3 Blue-headed Vireos, 2 Orange-crowned Warblers, 150+ Yellow-rumped Warblers, Palm Warblers, Chipping Sparrows, Field Sparrow, Savannah Sparrows, Song Sparrows, Lincoln Sparrow, Swamp Sparrows, 500+ White-throated Sparrows, 200+ White-crowned Sparrows, 650+ Juncos and as we got off of the ferry we spotted 3 flocks of Blackbirds overhead and 1 of the flocks was certainly Rusties. Norm Murr Richmond Hill Ontario, Canada You can't see birds if you don't go out but sit and wait for others to find them. _______________________________________________ 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
