Good Day folks
Today the team of Ian Cannell, Ed O'Conner, Alfred Adamo, Margaret Liubavicius and myself spent some time birding The Spit and though it was a not a busy day bird wise we did see some nice birds including Belted Kingfisher, Wilson's Snipe, Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow, Tennessee, and N. Parula Warblers, Common Yellowthroats, Blue-headed Vireo, Winter Wren, a good number of Palm and Yellow-rumped Warblers, as well as Hermit Thrushes, Chipping, White-crowned, White-throated, Song, Field, Fox, and Swamp Sparrows and Eastern Towhees.
In the shore bird department we found 2 Killdeer on The Spit and Alfred emailed me and said he had 17 Killdeer flying south after we parted.
Waterfowl seen were 100+ Lesser Scaup, A. Wigeons, N. Pintails, 50+ Green-winged Teal, Black Ducks, 100+ Gadwall, 35+ Redheads, 24 N. Shovelers, Hooded and Red-breasted Mergansers.
While walking along on this beautiful sunny (summer) afternoon we also spied a Merlin and 3 Cooper's Hawks migrating west and overhead were A. Pipits, Red-winged Blackbirds, Rusty Blackbirds, Black-crowned night-Herons, and Great Blue Herons and of course as usual both species of Kinglets in fair numbers were seen in the trees, bushes and Goldenrod.
For those into Butterflies we did see about 20 Monarchs and at least 50 Sulphurs, Some Painted Ladies, and along the causeway on the way back I saw what I believe to be a Checkered White.
