Lots of spring arrivals

[beresford]

Its been a while so I thought I'd add my list to the increasing reports rom around the province.

At Long Sault:

-3 red shouldered hawks
-brown thrasher
-n. goshawk
-e. bluebird
-1m 1f pileated woodpecker
-2m 2f wood duck
-1m 1f hooded merganser

I've spotted a male harrier at W. Side Marsh on two occasions and a merlin as well.

Second marsh:

-11 little gulls (this morning)
-dozens of bonaparte's
-2- second yr. glaucous gulls
-3 yellow, 1 palm, 6 yellow-rumped warblers
-white winged scoter
-brown thrasher
-ruddy ducks (12 or so)
-N. pintail
-blue and green winged teal
-dozens of ring billed ducks
-2 common terns

Darlington PP (this morning)

-2m northern parulas (awesome close-ups)
-1 m palm warbler(another great close up)
-1 f E. towhee

At Darlington Pond

--1 E. meadowlark
-1 raven

Whitby Harbour

-2m af harlequin duck
-4 second year iceland gulls

Thickson Woods

-ovenbird, 2m 2f btg warblers, 2m 2f pine warblers, 2 palm warblers,1 pine
-1f red-bellied woodpecker
-1m scarlet tanager- I believe I may have been the first to spot this wonderful chap on Wednesday
-more or less 10m 15f purple finch- easily the most I've ever seen
-1 f coopers hawk
-2 blue-headed viroes

Hooray for Spring!

Happy Birding
Tim

[Moira]

Hurray indeed - wonderful sightings!

[beresford]

Thanks a bunch Moira. Its nice that the birds are still acting like its spring in spite of the weather.

Yesterday at W. Side Marsh I located a Henslow's sparrow, a first for me, about 50m from the east side of the copse just off the trail. It let me approach quite close and they scurried through the underbrush.

I also spotted my first rose-breasted grosbeaks, orchard and northern orioles of the year.

As well there was a Meadowlark singing at Bowmanville Valleys and an eastern towhee scrounging amidst the leaves.

One more time...
Hooray for Spring!

-Tim-