Monday, May 23, 2005


Here I am today. I'm wondering whether I should turn it completely white! Posted by Hello

Here's our trip list from our recent birding foray to Lake Erie. We stayed in Port Clinton, Ohio and took the Jet Boat to Leamington, Ontario for a day at Pelee National Park. Because of the strong East-North-East winds most of the little birds were on the Ohio side and we had a couple of great days at Magee Marsh and Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge.

Trip List (5/11/2005 to 5/14/2005)

GREBES
Pied-billed Grebe
CORMORANTS
Double-crested Cormorant
DUCKS, SWANS, GEESE
Trumpeter Swan
Canada Goose
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
HERONS, EGRETS AND BITTERNS
Snowy Egret
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
IBIS AND SPOONBILLS
Glossy Ibis
White-faced Ibis
NEW WORLD VULTURES
Turkey Vulture
HAWKS, EAGLES AND KITES
Bald Eagle
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
RAILS AND COOTS
American Coot
SANDPIPERS
Greater Yellowlegs
Least Sandpiper
Dunlin
PLOVERS AND LAPWINGS
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
GULLS AND TERNS
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Common Tern
PIGEONS AND DOVES
Mourning Dove
SWIFTS
Chimney Swift
HUMMINGBIRDS
Ruby-throated Hummingbird

WOODPECKERS
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
TYRANT FLYCATCHERS
Eastern Kingbird
CROWS AND JAYS
Blue Jay
American Crow
VIREOS AND ALLIES
Blue-headed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
THRUSHES
Veery
Swainson's Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS
Gray Catbird
STARLINGS
European Starling
NUTHATCHES
Red-breasted Nuthatch
WRENS
House Wren
GNATCATCHERS
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
SWALLOWS
Tree Swallow
Purple Martin
Barn Swallow
KINGLETS
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
CHICKADEES, TITS
Black-capped Chickadee
OLD WORLD SPARROWS
House Sparrow
WAGTAILS AND PIPITS
American Pipit
SISKINS, CROSSBILLS AND ALLIES
American Goldfinch
NEW WORLD WARBLERS
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Palm Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Worm-eating Warbler
Ovenbird
Common Yellowthroat
BUNTINGS, SPARROWS, TANAGERS, ALLIES
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
BLACKBIRDS, GRACKLES, ORIOLES
Baltimore Oriole
Orchard Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird

Species seen - 84