Summer at Long Sault

[beresford]

I went birding there the morning of the 12th and despite the heat and the ridiculous deer flies I saw some great birds.

Highlights:

-2 veery, 1 wood thrush
-2 E. wood pee wees, 4 g.c flycatchers, 2 alder flycatchers, E. Kingbirds
-3 red-eyed vireo
-5 indigo buntings- such a beautiful bird
-2m cardinals
-3 grasshopper sparrows, 1 caly-coloured, 20+ field sparrows, 2 savannah sparrows
-2 braodwinged, 1 red-tailed hawk
-2 families of red breasted nuthatches
-4m 2f rose-breasted grosbeaks
-2m 1f E. towhee
-2 brown thrashers
-3 E. meadowlarks
-1m 1f bobolink
-2 gray catbirds
-2 N. Flickers, 1m downy woodpecker, 1 f yellow-bellied sapsucker, 1m 1f hairy
-1m 1f baltimore orioles
-1f 3 juv. hooded mergansers
-1 belted kingfisher
warbler species seen: 4 yellow, 1m blue wing, 1m nashville, 1f 4 baby black and whites, 1m bt green, 2 commomn yellowthroats, 3m 1f mourning, 4m 1f chestnut-sided, 2m 1f ovenbird
-3m 1f scarlet tanager

A great morning.

Happy Birding!
Tim

PS Just as a note, the last I heard of the Acadian was around the 10th of June. I went north for 10 days after that and haven't heard it again.

[beresford]

Its pretty much the end of the summer season so I thought I'd include one last update from Long Sault this summer.

I went there on the morning of August 2 and enjoyed some great sightings.

Highlights included:

-1m nashville warbler, 1 yellow-rumped, 1 juv. mourning, 5 chestnut-sided, 2 tennessee, 1f redtstart, 1 pine, 3 common yellowthroats, 2 0venbirds, 1f black-throated green, 2 juv. blue-winged warblers- some great looks- quite probably my last of the year
- 4 E. pee wees, 1 alder flycatcher
-2m E. towhees,1f rb grosbeak
-2 grasshopper, 2 vesper, 13 field sparrows
-1 common loon flew over the meadow on its way south to L. Ontario
-4 red-eyed vireos
-2 belted kingfishers
-1m 2f rb nuthatches
-5 juv. baltimore orioles
-5m 2f indigo buntings
-3 N. Flickers, 1 downy, 1m 2juv. hairy woodpeckers
-1m 2f cardinals- these birds are rare at Long Sault- I see more tanagers there each year than cardinals
-2 catbirds, 1 brown thrasher
-1 coopers, 2 red-tailed hawks
-1 wood thrush
-1m 2f scarlet tanagers, some great close-ups- the first I've ever seen there in August

As usual a little bit of everything and a wonderful morning birding.

Cheers and happy birding!

Tim