Trip Leader: Bonnie Patterson-Collins
Participants: Fred Jazvac, Mike Pickup, Bonnie Patterson-Collins, Anton Van Dijk,, Dave and Jean Schaus, Cynthia Isber, Tania Gilchrist, Margaret Anderton, Liz Squires, Dorothy Kings, James Turland, Carol Edwards, Ralph and Mary Anne Knowles, Arlene Richards, John and Kay Thompson, Dave Fidler, Rob and Donna Kearns and Barbara Collins.
I would like to thank Bonnie and Wayne on behalf of all of us for hosting once again, the wonderful food and birding orgy that was held on their property yesterday. Thank you both for the many hours of preparation you have put into making this event such an enjoyable one. Thank you for sharing your wonderful bird life which coupled with your hospitality leaves us all with an incredible impression of Tanglewood and the people who own it. The day was a wonderful success. Thank you.
The day had some
surprises with some excellent birds seen and heard. The look at the
pair of owlets at dusk shortly after the Great Horned Owl flew off the
nest was priceless. The American Woodcocks showed up on schedule
yet again doing their wonderful mating flight. Surprises in the birds
seen were the Red-shouldered Hawk that was heard in the Brucedale
Conservation area, the Blue-gray Gnatchatcher that greeted us at
MacGregor Point PP as we entered on our way to the Tower and the
enjoyable flight of the Sandhill Crane witnessed by all at the pasture
land. Those Nothern Flickers, they just kept on coming all day long,
obviously involved in a major migratory flight. The day was held in
comfortable spring time temperatures with little wind. 69 species
were seen (need to come up with one more).
Thank you to Margaret for
compiling the list.
Places visited:
1- Tanglewood (Bonnie's house) 2-
Walk to Brucedale Conversation Area 3- Bruce Pastures 4- Baie Du Dore 5-
MacGregor Park
Species Seen/Heard:
Double-crested Cormorant 2,4 • Great Blue Heron - 1 •
Great Egret - 4 • Mute Swan - 4 • Canada Goose • Wood Duck -1, 5 •
Mallard • American Wigeon - 5 • Northern Shoveler - 4 • Bufflehead - 2.4
• Common Merganser - 4 • Red-breasted Merganser -2.4 • Turkey Vulture •
Sharp-shinned Hawk -1 • Cooper's Hawk -1 • Red-shouldered Hawk -2 •
Red-tailed Hawk - 4 • Merlin - 2 • American Kestrel - 3 • Wild Turkey -1
• Sandhill Crane -3 • Killdeer -4 • Greater Yellowlegs -4 • Spotted
Sandpiper -1 • American Woodcock -1 • Wilson's Snipe -2 • Ring-billed
Gull • Herring Gull • Mourning Dove • Belted Kingfisher -1,5 •
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker -2 • Downy Woodpecker -1,2 • Hairy Woodpecker
-1,2 • Northern Flicker • Eastern Phoebe 1, 5 • Blue Jay • American Crow
• Horned Lark - 3 • Tree Swallow -1,2.4 • Barn Swallow - 2 •
Black-capped Chickadee • Red-breasted Nuthatch -1 • Brown Creeper -1 •
Winter Wren -2 • Golden-crowned Kinglet -2 • Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1,2 •
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher -5 • Eastern Bluebird -3 • American Robin •
Hermit Thrush 1, 2 • Gray Catbird -1 • European Starling • Pine Warbler
-2 • Northern Cardinal -1,2,5 • Field Sparrow -1 • Chipping Sparrow -1 •
Savannah Sparrow -3 • White-throated Sparrow -1 • Song Sparrow 1,2,5 •
Dark-eyed Junco 1,2,5 • Eastern Meadowlark -3 • Brown-headed Cowbird -1 •
Red-winged Blackbird • Common Grackle • Purple Finch -1,2 • House Finch
-1 • Pine Siskin -1 • American Goldfinch -1,2
69 species