Sparrows and Open Country with Tony Beck

May 24, 2012 7:30 am

This was my third visit to this productive area behind the airport in a week.  This time we concentrated almost exclusively on the sparrows.  We also ventured across the other side of Bowesville road, then drove to Mer Bleue to find Swamp and Lincoln's sparrows.

Peter and I arrived ahead of the others.  We saw the Brown Thrasher and heard several other birds while waiting.  We were joined by Heather, Tony, Nina, Alex, Helena and several others including a young photographer names Hakhan.

Bird List

1. Brown Thrasher
2. Common Yellowthroat
3. Grasshopper Sparrow
4. Field Sparrow
5. Song Sparrow
6. Savannah Sparrow
7. Clay-colored Sparrow
8. Indigo Bunting
9. Yellow Warbler
10. Red-winged Blackbird
11. Great Blue Heron
12. Vesper Sparrow
13. White-throated Sparrow (H)
14. Blue Jay
15. Alder Flycatcher
16. Chestnut-sided Warbler
17. Mallard
18. Northern Flicker
19. Gray Catbird
20. American Goldfinch
21. Baltimore Oriole
22. Common Grackle
23. Wood Thrush (H)
24. Eastern Kingbird
25. Bobolink
26. Ring-billed Gull
27. American Robin
28. American Crow
29. Chipping Sparrow
30. Sandhill Crane
31. Broadwing Hawk
32. Purple Finch
33. Lincloln's Sparrow
34. Swamp Sparrow
35. Palm Warbler
36. Black and White Warbler

OFNC Sparrow Walk with Gord Belya and Ann MacKenzie

May 23, 2012 8:00 am

This walk in the Bowseville Road area behind the airport is always popular.  Birders are always trying to see the differences between all the sparrows, and we usually get other grassland specialties too.

Bird List

1. Eastern Bluebird
2. Bobolink
3. Baltimore Oriole
4. Mallard
5. Brown Thrasher
6. Field Sparrow
7. Red-winged Blackbird
8. Warbling Vireo
9. Common Yellowthroat
10. Mourning Dove
11. Tree Swallow
12. Savannah Sparrow
13. Blue Jay
14. Yellow Warbler
15. Barn Swallow
16. American Goldfinch
17. Eastern Meadowlark
18. Gray Catbird
19. House Wren
20. Northern Harrier
21. Grasshopper Sparrow
22. Alder Flycatcher
23. American Redstart
24. Mourning Warbler
25. American Robin
26. Chestnut-sided Warbler
27. Indigo Bunting
28. Ovenbird (H)
29. Turkey Vulture
30. Clay-colored Sparrow
31. Eastern Kingbird
32. White-throated Sparrow (H)
33. Black-capped Chickadee
34. Song Sparrow

OFNC Birding at Mud Lake with Bernie Ladouceur

May 22, 2012 7:00 am

This outing for later spring neotropical migrants attracted a good crowd.

Bird List

1. Black-crowned Night-Heron
2. Wood Duck
3. Canada Goose
4. Red-winged Blackbird
5. Northern Cardinal
6. Yellow Warbler
7. Common Loon
8. Green Heron
9. Blackpoll Warbler
10. Warbling Vireo
11. Cedar Waxwing
12. Mallard
13. Ring-billed Gull
14. American Redstart
15. Red-eyed Vireo
16. Downy Woodpecker
17. Baltimore Oriole
18. Canada Warbler (H)
19. Black and White Warbler
20. Ruby-throated Hummingbird
21. Great-crested Flycatcher
22. Indigo Bunting
23. Double-crested Cormorant
24. Pine Warbler
25. Cooper's Hawk
26. Black-throated Green Warbler
27. American Crow
28. Common Tern
29. Bonaparte's Gull
30. Spotted Sandpiper
31. Great Egret
32. Great Blue Heron

Long Weekend Birding at Cedar Lake

May 18-21, 2012

The warblers were in full song when we arrived on Friday.  Most of them were Northern Waterthrush, but we also saw Northern Parula and Yellow-rumped Warblers.  Besides birding around the cottage, we also went out to Ch. St Jacques and Ch. Gallipeau to check our usual spots.

Bird List

1. Northern Waterthrush
2. Northern Parula
3. Yellow-rumped Warbler
4. Eastern Phoebe
5. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
6. Hairy Woodpecker
7. Downy Woodpecker
8. Purple Finch
9. American Goldfinch
10. Red-breasted Nuthatch
11. Black-capped Chickadee
12. Brant
13. Common Loon
14. Common Merganser
15. Mallard
16. Herring Gull
17. Common Tern
18. Ruby-throated Hummingbird
19. Red-eyed Vireo
20. Eastern Bluebird
21. Swamp Sparrow
22. Common Yellowhtroat
23. Yellow Warbler
24. American Redstart
25. American Bittern
26. Black-billed Cuckoo (H)
27. Great-crested Flycatcher
28. Tree Swallow
29. Barn Swallow
30. Virginia Rail
31. Broad-winged Hawk