I headed to Point Pelee on the morning of October 1st. It was a bright, beautiful fall day. I don`t work Monday`s and I figured the housework could wait :) I had read
Dwayne's blog over the weekend and he had found Virginia Rail and Sora at the Marsh Boardwalk, so I thought I would give it try...I haven't seen either of these birds before. I didn't see them, but I did see the following birds, all of which are life birds!!
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Eastern Phoebe |
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Swamp Sparrow |
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Rusty Blackbird |
The next three pictures are of the same species, but from different angles. After a lot of time analysing these photos and thumbing through numerous field guides, I have identified this bird as a Nashville Warbler...please correct me if I am wrong...
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Nashville Warbler or Common Yellow-throat? |
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Nashville Warbler or Common Yellow-throat? |
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Nashville Warbler or Common Yellow-throat? |
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Another pic showing yellow under tail. |
The next life bird was the only one not found on the Marsh Boardwalk...it was found on the Woodland Nature trail...
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Winter Wren |
To say this was a great birding day for me is a total understatement! I was all by myself and enjoyed the quiet time spent in God's creation. I saw a bunch of other birds too....I will list them for you (and include pics when I was able to capture them):
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Great Blue Heron |
Red-winged Blackbird
Canada Goose
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Wood Duck |
Double-crested Cormorant
Blue Jay
Brown Creeper
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Turkey Vultures...there are 17 in this picture. There were about 50 moving over in total! |
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-tailed Hawk
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Downy Woodpecker |
Dark-eyed Junco (there were a bunch on the Woodland Nature Trail entrance...I was surprised to see them so early)
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Killdeer |
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Red-breasted Nuthatch |
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White-throated Sparrow |
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Golden-crowned Kinglet |
Well, at least those are the ones I remember seeing...there may have been more. I wrote down what I remembered as soon as I got home. Such a great day and very happy I decided to skip the housework!