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Sunday, July 15, 2012

Summer Birding has started!


Juvenile Barn Swallow
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Lesser Yellowlegs
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Upland Sandpiper
Tuesday July 3:
The first morning of our Summer Program started at Petrie Island with wonderful weather.
We quickly ventured out to explore the east end of Ottawa.
At Carlsbad Springs we had an entire family of American Kestrels. We also went to Embrun and Casselman Lagoons, where we had the first fall migrants including Least Sandpiper and Lesser Yellowlegs. At Casselman, we had a faded Horned Grebe, a rare bird for early July.
We ended the day with a list of 52 species.
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Northern Shoveler
Ruddy Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Great Blue Heron
American Kestrel
Common Gallinule/Moorhen
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Least Sandpiper
Ring-billed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Kingbird
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Tree Swallow
Bank Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Marsh Wren
American Robin
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Ovenbird
Common Yellowthroat
Chipping Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
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Birding Group at Andrew Haydon Park
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Catapillar
Thursday July 5:
With a brightly shining sun, and a fresh breeze, we started the day at Andrew Haydon Park.
Just beyond the beach we had some early fall migrants including 4 Bonaparte Gulls.
It was a perfect day to look for migrants and various water birds, so we headed over to the Shirley’s Bay dyke. In the secondary growth of the greenbelt, we found many American Redstarts, including recently-fledged juveniles. From the dyke we saw Green Heron, American Widgeon, Great Egret, Bald Eagle on the nest and Spotted and Least Sandpiper. It was a great day with 64 species of birds.
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Aix sponsa
American Wigeon
Mallard
Green-winged Teal
Hooded Merganser
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias
Great Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Merlin
Killdeer
Charadrius vociferus
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutilla
Bonaparte's Gull
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensis
Common Tern
Rock Pigeon
Columba livia
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura
Belted Kingfisher
Megaceryle alcyon
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus varius
Downy Woodpecker
Picoides pubescens
Northern Flicker
Colaptes auratus
Pileated Woodpecker
Dryocopus pileatus
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Tyrannus tyrannus
Warbling Vireo
Vireo gilvus
Red-eyed Vireo
Vireo olivaceus
American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchos
N - Rough-winged Swallow
Tree Swallow
Tachycineta bicolor
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica
Black-capped Chickadee
Poecile atricapillus
White-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta carolinensis
House Wren
Marsh Wren
Veery
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Turdus migratorius
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Sturnus vulgaris
Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorum
Ovenbird
Seiurus aurocapilla
Black-and-white Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichas
American Redstart
Yellow Warbler
Chipping Sparrow
Spizella passerina
Song Sparrow
Melospiza melodia
Swamp Sparrow
Melospiza georgiana
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus
Common Grackle
Quiscalus quiscula
Baltimore Oriole
Purple Finch
American Goldfinch
Spinus tristis
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Damselfly
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Indigo Bunting
Saturday July 7:
Our morning started again at Petrie Island.
It was hot and humid but with a comforting overcast.
We ventured out to the Dignard Constructed Wetland, the Embrun Lagoons and the St. Albert Lagoons.  Besides generous helpings of delicious poutine and cheese curds at the St. Albert Cheese Factory, we had the following highlights of the day: Lesser Yellowlegs, Least Sandpiper, Common Gallinule chicks, Blue-winged Teal and Green-winged Teals. One of our participants, Ben, got Vesper Sparrow for life. It was a great day with 55 species of birds including many shorebirds.
Canada Goose
Gadwall
American Black Duck
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Anas clypeata
Green-winged Teal
Anas crecca
Ruddy Duck
Oxyura jamaicensis
Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podiceps
American Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias
Green Heron
Butorides virescens
Red-tailed Hawk
Virginia Rail
Common Gallinule/Moorhen
Gallinula galeata
Killdeer
Charadrius vociferus
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes
Upland Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutilla
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensis
Rock Pigeon
Columba livia
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura
Belted Kingfisher
Megaceryle alcyon
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Colaptes auratus
Willow Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Sayornis phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus crinitus
Eastern Kingbird
Tyrannus tyrannus
Red-eyed Vireo
Vireo olivaceus
American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Common Raven
Corvus corax
N - Rough-winged Swallow
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Tree Swallow
Tachycineta bicolor
Bank Swallow
Riparia riparia
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica
Black-capped Chickadee
Poecile atricapillus
Marsh Wren
Cistothorus palustris
American Robin
Turdus migratorius
Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensis
European Starling
Sturnus vulgaris
Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorum
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichas
Yellow Warbler
Setophaga petechia
Chipping Sparrow
Spizella passerina
Vesper Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Melospiza melodia
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus
Common Grackle
Quiscalus quiscula
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
Carpodacus mexicanus
American Goldfinch
Spinus tristis
House Sparrow
Passer domesticus
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Constance Creek
Red-tailed Hawk 
Red-tailed Hawk, Photo Courtesy Joshua McCullough
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Birding Group
Pine Siskin
Pine Siskin, Photo Courtesy Joshua McCullough
Sunday July 8:
This was our last excursion in July before a long break.
And, it turned out to be our best day of birding day of the summer with 66 species.
We started out at Andrew Haydon park, before venturing out to the west end.
Some of the highlights included American Bittern, Red-shouldered Hawk, Solitary Sandpiper, Lesser and Greater Yellowlegs, Willow Flycatcher and Brown Thrasher. The bird of the day was unmistakably the Pine Siskin, an uncommon summer species.
We’ll be back from Newfoundland in early August!
See you then!
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Mallard
Hooded Merganser
Wild Turkey
Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
American Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Least Sandpiper
Wilson's Snipe
Ring-billed Gull
Common Tern
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
White-breasted Nuthatch
Eastern Bluebird
Veery
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

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