Point Pelee May 2nd-May 8th

[Cody]

Here's my list for Point Pelee from May 2nd-May 8th. Highlighted birds are rarities.

Canada Goose

Mute Swans

Wood Duck

Mallard

Blue-winged Teal

Northern Shoveler

Greater Scaup

Lesser Scaup

Bufflehead

Red-breasted Merganser

Ruddy Duck

Ring-necked Pheasant

Wild Turkey

Common Loon

Pied-billed Grebe

Horned Grebe

EARED GREBE

Double-crested Cormorant

Great-blue Heron

Great Egret

SNOWY EGRET

Black-crowned Night Heron

Turkey Vulture

Osprey

Bald Eagle

Northern Harrier

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Cooper's Hawk

Broad-winged Hawk

SWAINSON'S HAWK

Red-tailed Hawk

American Coot

Sandhill Crane

Black-bellied Plovers

American Golden-Plover

Spotted Sandpiper

Greater Yellowlegs

Lesser Yellowlegs

Willet

Dunlin

LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER

Wilson's Snipe

Wilson's Phalaropes

Bonaparte's Gull

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Great Black-backed Gull

Common Tern

Forster's Tern

Rock Pigeon

Mourning Dove

Eastern Screech-Owl

Great Horned Owl

Whip-poor-will

Chimney Swift

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Belted Kingfisher

Red-headed Woodpecker

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Pileated Woodpecker (while driving)

Least Flycatcher

Eastern Phoebe

Great Crested Flycatcher

Eastern Kingbird

White-eyed Vireo

Blue-headed Vireo

Blue Jay

American Crow

Purple Martin

Tree Swallow

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Cliff Swallow

Bank Swallow

Barn Swallow

Black-capped Chickadee

Tufted Titmouse

Red-breasted Nuthatch

White-breasted Nuthatch

Brown Creeper

Carolina Wren

House Wren

Marsh Wren

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Eastern Bluebird

Veery

Grey-cheeked Thrush

Hermit Thrush

Wood Thrush

American Robin

Gray Catbird

Northern Mockingbird

Brown Thrasher

European Starling

Blue-winged Warbler

Golden-winged Warbler

Orange-crowned Warbler

Nashville Warbler

Yellow Warbler

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Northern Parula

Magnolia Warbler

Cape May Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Blackburnian Warbler

YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER

KIRTLAND'S WARBLER

Palm Warbler

Blackpoll Warbler

Black-and-White Warbler

American Redstart

Prothonotary Warbler (Golden-swamp Warbler)

Ovenbird

Northern Waterthrush

Louisiana Waterthrush

Common Yellowthroat

HOODED WARBLER

YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT

Scarlet Tanager

Eastern Towhee

American Tree Sparrow

Chipping Sparrow

Field Sparrow

Vesper Sparrow

Savannah Sparrow

LE CONTE'S SPARROW

Song Sparrow

Swamp Sparrow

LARK SPARROW

White-throated Sparrow

White-crowned Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

Northern Cardinal

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Red-winged Blackbird

Rusty Blackbird

Common Grackle

Brown-headed Cowbird

Orchard Oriole

Baltimore Oriole

Purple Finch

House Finch

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow

Rough-legged Hawk

Total: 149 Species

[Bluffs Birder]

Excellent list Cody!  Looks like you had a fantastic time.  Must be a lot of Lifers for you?

Walter  

[Cody]

Thanks Walter! 36 Lifers for the trip!  

[Moira]

Impressive list Cody - how exciting!

[Bluffs Birder]

Wow, that's great!  Would've been 19 Lifers for me.  Perhaps next year.

Walter

[Leslie Kinrys]

Hi Cody,

Congrats on a great list. We also saw lots of great birds in our 2 1/2 days. (It was hard to leave on Tuesday.) Here are some of our highlights. We were watching a male Blue-winged Warbler and up popped a male Hooded Warbler. Both birds gave us great looks. We watched a Prothonatory Warbler as it fed above a pond. The reflection in the water was stunning. There was a very cooperative male Cerulean Warbler, who let lots of birders see him. As were walking back to our car, we saw a Northern Parula, a Blackburnian and then a Bay-breasted! We had three Scarlet Tanagers together, two were red and one was an orange variant. I saw my first Ruby-throated Hummingbird of the season. (They should be in my yard soon!)

[Howieh]

Hi Leslie,

I have a couple of hours around noon tomorrow (Thursday) while my wife is at Earl Bales. Since I can't go too far I have to decide between Earl Bales or Ross Lord parks. I'm leaning towards Ross Lord but I don't expect to see much in either park now. Do you have a preference? Is it still too early for hummers in Earl Bales?

[Cody]

Thanks Moira, Leslie, and Walter.

It was certainly hard to leave on the Saturday afternoon (Rondeau was on Sunday), but we were entertained by a Swainson's Hawk leading us out of the park, saying a final good-bye!  

[Whittam]

Very impressive list!  Well done!  Cheers Terry

[Cody]

Thanks Whittham!