Thursday, May 17, 2012

Warning: May is Waning!

Another view of the Black-crowned Night-Heron

Here we are at May 17.  Still lots of good birding ahead, but where did the month go?  Nothing much spectacular has happened with no really good fallout of birds.  There have been some good days, but many where we had to work for the birds.
Wilson's Warbler

I still need to see several species of flycatchers and hope to this coming weekend.  Weather looks decent, although those standard east winds appear to be in store.  Rondeau will be busy with the campers, but they do not stir until at least 11 a.m.!



This morning a few warblers were at Brander Park, but it was a challenge to see them.  Two
Cape May Warblers were singing out in the open though.

The Cape May is my favourite warbler.  In my early years of birding, I would see lots in the yard.  They were attracted to a Balsam Fir tree.  I recall one day there were at least 10 Cape May warblers in that tree!






The spot where I found the Glossy Ibis a year ago is still wet and attracting shorebirds.  Nothing unusual yet though, but who knows what was there when I was down at Rondeau and Pelee last week.





This past weekend at Rondeau Park, a total of 166 species of birds was seen or heard from Saturday morning until Sunday evening.  Thanks to Steve Charbonneau for taking the time to come up with that number.  Several decent birds were tallied including Long-tailed Duck, Red-throated Loon, Horned Grebe, Great Egret, Osprey, Laughing Gull, Little Gull, Black Tern, Winter Wren, Yellow-throated Warbler, Cerulean Warbler, Summer Tanager, Clay-colored Sparrow and Purple Finch.

Flycatcher should be increasing in numbers, and I need to see several! It is a good time of year for Western Kingbird for example.  Any predictions?
Eastern Wood-Peewee

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