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Birding Reports => Southern Ontario Reports => Topic started by: zx003 on July 27, 2012, 02:49:12 AM
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The following is a report from July 21, 19:15-20:25 walking along the train tracks that cross Airport Road just a couple minutes bike ride from my house. Sightings mostly from a wetland area ~200m from the road. Proves you don't have to go far to see some interesting sightings, even in the summer! :)
Total- 43 species
60 Canada Goose
3 Mallard
1 Green-winged Teal
1 Great Blue Heron
4 Green Heron
3 Red-tailed Hawk- 2 immatures
2 Virginia Rail
5 Spotted Sandpiper
6 Solitary Sandpiper
1 Short-billed Dowitcher
2 Ring-billed Gull
3 Mourning Dove
1 Black-billed Cuckoo
1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1 Belted Kingfisher
3 Downy Woodpecker
3 Northern Flicker
1 Alder Flycatcher
1 Eastern Pheobe
1 Great Crested Flycatcher
2 Eastern Kingbird
3 Blue Jay
3 American Crow
9 Barn Swallow
7 Black-capped Chickadee
1 White-breasted Nuthatch
35 American Robin
8 Grey Catbird
100 European Starling
14 Cedar Waxwing
1 Northern Waterthrush
3 Common Yellowthroat
3 Yellow Warbler
6 Song Sparrow
2 Lincoln's Sparrow
3 Swamp Sparrow
1 Northern Cardinal
2 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
20 Red-winged Blackbird
1 Eastern Meadowlark
140 Common Grackle
1 Purple Finch
13 American Goldfinch
Happy Summer Birding!
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Just went back to the same location, saw a few different birds including Great Egret! :o
Airport Road- Train Tracks, Peterborough, CA-ON
Jul 27, 2012 4:30 PM - 5:20 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.2 kilometer(s)
Comments: with Braeden
31 species
Wood Duck 8
Great Egret 1 Flushed out of the wetland area; black legs yellow bill, flew past at close range and to the east
Green Heron 2 flyovers, alighted atop a deciduous tree behind wetland
Virginia Rail 1 metallic churring call heard
Killdeer 3
Spotted Sandpiper 3
Ring-billed Gull 45 soaring over field in large group
Mourning Dove 4
Belted Kingfisher 1 flyover, landed on dead branch overhanging wetland
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 3 1 seen on the train tracks
Alder Flycatcher 2 together in dead tree briefly, 1 calling
Willow Flycatcher 1 "Wit" call heard, faint yellow on front
Eastern Phoebe 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 4
Eastern Kingbird 4
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 6
Black-capped Chickadee 3
American Robin 5
Grey Catbird 4
Common Starling 230
Cedar Waxwing 3
Common Yellowthroat 1
Yellow Warbler 2
Song Sparrow 5 1 juvenile seen
Swamp Sparrow 3
Northern Cardinal 1
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Common Grackle 1
American Goldfinch 15
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Went back again, got another few interesting birds including excellent views of the usually reclusive Sora and Virginia Rail :D
Airport Road- Train Tracks, Peterborough, CA-ON
Jul 30, 2012 6:30 AM - 7:50 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.2 kilometer(s)
47 species
Canada Goose 43 flyovers
Wood Duck 19 12 adults 7 babies
Mallard 3
Green-winged Teal 1 sitting next to MALL, difference in size and head shape & colour very obvious
Wild Turkey 1 on train tracks
Great Blue Heron 1 flew into wetland, landing just beside SORA, demonstrating massive size difference!
Green Heron 2
Virginia Rail 3 2 heard calling, 1 briefly seen running past SORA
Sora 2 1 seen standing on short dead tree in wetland, seconds later a 2nd individual seen foraging on far shore.
Killdeer 1 flyover, calling
Spotted Sandpiper 5 2 flyovers, 3 in marsh
Ring-billed Gull 1
Rock Dove 2 flyovers
Mourning Dove 4
Belted Kingfisher 1 flyover
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 immature
Downy Woodpecker 2 1 heard calling, 1 seen in birch
Northern Flicker 1 calling
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2 calling
Eastern Phoebe 1 flycatching in marsh
Great Crested Flycatcher 2 actively foraging in trees to west side of wetland
Eastern Kingbird 5
Warbling Vireo 3 all seen foraging/singing at close range in small trees close to tracks
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 5
American Crow 6
Barn Swallow 5
Black-capped Chickadee 7
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 calling to north
American Robin 8 half immatures
Grey Catbird 4
Common Starling 55
Cedar Waxwing 10
Northern Waterthrush 2 calling from within marsh, seen very briefly when flushed to far side of wetland
Nashville Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 3 2 singing, 1 immature responding to pishing
Yellow Warbler 6
Chipping Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 16 at least 7 juveniles
Swamp Sparrow 5 2 singing, 3 immatures seen in reeds
Northern Cardinal 2 singing
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 adult male seen in low bush on east side of wetland
Red-winged Blackbird 2 1 male in marsh, 1 female flyover
Common Grackle 5
Baltimore Oriole 3 50 feet from road, seen together
American Goldfinch 16
House Sparrow 1 calling to the east
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Decided to go back what with migration warbler migration picking up, did not see many but excellent views of one yearbird: Magnolia Warbler. :) Also was surprised to see a mixed group of 10 species sitting on one 15' stretch of rail road track.
Airport Road- Train Tracks, Peterborough, CA-ON
Aug 15, 2012 6:17 PM - 7:35 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.2 kilometer(s)
33 species
Canada Goose X
Wood Duck 1 flyover
Mallard 4
Great Blue Heron 1
Green Heron 1
Virginia Rail 4
Ring-billed Gull 1
Mourning Dove 20 1 of many birds feeding in group on train tracks
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 3 also feeding in mixed group on train tracks
Alder Flycatcher 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 2
Blue Jay 3 2 individuals feeding on tracks
American Crow 4
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3
Barn Swallow 8
Black-capped Chickadee 15
American Robin 6 several immatures with group on tracks
Grey Catbird 7 3 immatures, 1 adult on tracks, flycatching
Common Starling 500 multiple flocks containing 80-130 birds, 2 individuals part of group on rail road tracks
Cedar Waxwing 6
Common Yellowthroat 4
Magnolia Warbler 1 black streaks on sides, white eye ring, grey neck, yellow rump (only clearly visible when wings extended). Literally had to stand back to focus on this bird.
Yellow Warbler 1 also briefly part of mixed flock on RR tracks
Song Sparrow 8 1 foraging on tracks with mixed group
Northern Cardinal 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2 male and female in the group on train tracks
Red-winged Blackbird 20
Common Grackle 10 several in mix on tracks
American Goldfinch 7