Headed down to Rondeau in this typical weekend weather. Hardly a migrant bird to be found! A week from now there should be a flood of birds. (but we said that last week).
On the way in I heard a Wood Thrush (FOY) singing, but not much else. I walked the entire south point trail (8 km) and came up with 10 Yellow-rumped Warblers, 1 Common Yellowthroat, 4 Ruby-crowned Kinglets, 10 White-throated Sparrows and perhaps 6 Hermit Thrushes. Also a snipe. Pretty sad for this time of year.
Near maintenance there were a couple of Black-throated Green, one Nashville, one Black-and-
White and a couple of Yellow-rumped Warblers. That's it. Nothing in between!
I went down to the McArthur's place to look for the Yellow-throated Warbler. It finally came in after a while. I went closer to get some photos.....but wait......there are two of them! (didn't get a shot of both together though).
Since the sexes are rather similar and I am not sure if this a mated pair. I would suspect it is since last week one bird was observed carrying nesting material and acting territorial.
different bird from above--female?--less colour
(photo by Josh R. Bouman)
I am not sure about last year's bird(s) but there were two hanging around for a while. Perhaps one was scouting for the following year! There is not a nesting record for Yellow-throated Warbler in Ontario as far as I know, so it is something to look into.
Blenheim Lagoons had a number of common shorebirds, mostly Dunlin. Likely 350 Dunlin. Steve Charbonneau and I watched a Pergrine chasing birds for while. Interesting to observe!
Rusty Blackbird
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