There was a Harris's Sparrow in the Cooll Hollow woods in the southeast corner of the marsh this morning. Below in the morning tally 77 species in 1.5 hours. the big days of 100+ species are just around the corner there.
Location: Oshawa--Second Marsh/McLaughlin Bay Wildlife Reserve
Observation date: 04/05/10
Notes: I do believe this is the first Harris's Sparrow record for the Area
Number of species: 77
Mute Swan 9
Trumpeter Swan 2
Wood Duck 5
Gadwall 15
American Wigeon 2
American Black Duck 3
Mallard 25
Blue-winged Teal 4
Northern Shoveler 2
Green-winged Teal 33
White-winged Scoter 7
Long-tailed Duck 26
Bufflehead 2
Hooded Merganser 1
Common Merganser 17
Common Loon 14
Double-crested Cormorant 25
Great Blue Heron 7
Black-crowned Night-Heron 7
Black-bellied Plover 1
Semipalmated Plover 1
Killdeer 4
Spotted Sandpiper 4
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Greater Yellowlegs 5
Lesser Yellowlegs 35
Dunlin 9
Short-billed Dowitcher 1
Wilson's Phalarope 2
Bonaparte's Gull 62
Little Gull 11
Ring-billed Gull 40
Herring Gull 32
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Caspian Tern 10
Common Tern 9
Mourning Dove 2
Chimney Swift 1
Belted Kingfisher 2
Eastern Kingbird 1
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 7
Tree Swallow 23
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Cliff Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 6
Black-capped Chickadee 5
House Wren 4
Winter Wren 1
Marsh Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3
Hermit Thrush 1
Wood Thrush 1
American Robin 5
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 3
Yellow Warbler 11
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 1
American Redstart 2
Common Yellowthroat 2
Chipping Sparrow 2
Field Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 4
Swamp Sparrow 7
White-throated Sparrow 18
Harris's Sparrow 1
White-crowned Sparrow 8
Northern Cardinal 1
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle X
Brown-headed Cowbird 6
Baltimore Oriole 1
American Goldfinch 13
