Always An Adventure was this year hired by Road Scholar Canada/Routes to Learning to guide two back-to-back trips to Point Pelee for spring migration 2012. Besides Point Pelee, Ontario's Birding Hot Spot, we made stops at Long Point and Rondeau Provincial Parks. Each tour lasted 5 days and occurred during the peak of spring migration. Here is the entry for trip #2. Total trip list contains both seen and heard.
Scarlet Tanager
Scenery at Point Pelee Marsh
Big Creek, Long Point
Big Creek, Long Point
Blackburnian Warbler at Long Point
Killdeer protecting its eggs, at Rondeau
TOUR II:
14-19 May 2012
The itinerary of this tour was identical to the previous tour that took place the week before (see previous BLOG entry).
But, we birders follow the birds, so we made a few minor changes to the program.
Again, the group contained participants from USA and Canada.
The first full day started in bright sunshine at St. Williams Reserve where we had good looks at a Blue-winged Warbler. At Bird Studies Canada, Port Rowan, we had Willow Flycatcher and a female Wood Duck with chicks. At Old Cut Field Station we had several warblers including a very cooperative Blackburnian. We had several excellent birds at our picnic stop, including a pair of Northern Parulas, Scarlet Tanager and Brown Thrasher. At Wilson Tract we experienced Hooded Warbler, Black-billed Cuckoo, Eastern Bluebird, Grasshopper & Vesper Sparrows. The next morning, we headed for Rondeau. The Tufted Titmouse was still coming to the Visitors Center feeder. At the South Point Trail we had a female Blue Grosbeak (rare for Ontario), Philadelphia Vireo, Magnolia Warbler and hundreds of Bonaparte's Gulls.
The following day we started at St. Clair Wetlands where we had Least Bittern, Marsh Wren, Swamp Sparrow and American Coot. At Point Pelee, the female Prothonotary Warbler was still working on her nest with the male lurking in the background. Other highlights of the day were a thousand of Black-bellied Plovers, Great Egret and Ruddy Turnstone at Hillman Marsh.
The last day was entirely in Point Pelee Park. Where we had a steady stream of warblers, orioles, and other song birds. Some of the highlights included Mourning, Canada, Tennessee and Cape May Warblers. A highlight for everyone was an extremely cooperative Rufous Morph Eastern Screetch Owl.
Our total trip-list came to 145 species of birds.
Wetlands at Long Point
Marsh Wren
Scenery from Rondeau
Field Sparrow at Point Pelee
Point Pelee
Point Pelee
Getting out to the tip!
At the tip; mostly Ring-billed & Herring Gulls
Our group at the tip
DigiScoped Rufous morph Eastern Screech-Owl at Point Pelee
ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae
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Canada Goose
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Mute Swan
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Wood Duck
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Gadwall
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American Wigeon
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Mallard
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Blue-winged Teal
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Ring-necked Duck
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Lesser Scaup
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Red-breasted Merganser
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Ruddy Duck
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GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae
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Ruffed Grouse
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Wild Turkey
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GAVIIFORMES: Gaviidae
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Common Loon
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PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae
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Pied-billed Grebe
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SULIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae
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Double-crested Cormorant
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PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae
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Least Bittern
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Great Blue Heron
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Great Egret
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Green Heron
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ACCIPITRIFORMES: Cathartidae
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Turkey Vulture
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ACCIPITRIFORMES: Pandionidae
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Osprey
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ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae
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Bald Eagle
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Northern Harrier
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Broad-winged Hawk
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Red-tailed Hawk
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GRUIFORMES: Rallidae
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Virginia Rail
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Sora
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Common Moorhen
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GRUIFORMES: Gruidae
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Sandhill Crane
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CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae
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Black-bellied Plover
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Semipalmated Plover
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Killdeer
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CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae
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Spotted Sandpiper
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Lesser Yellowlegs
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Ruddy Turnstone
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Least Sandpiper
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Dunlin
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Short-billed Dowitcher
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CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae
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Bonaparte's Gull
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Chroicocephalus philadelphia
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Ring-billed Gull
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Herring Gull
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Great Black-backed Gull
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Black Tern
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Common Tern
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Forster's Tern
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COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae
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Rock Pigeon
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Mourning Dove
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CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae
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Yellow-billed Cuckoo
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Black-billed Cuckoo
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Eastern Screech-Owl
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APODIFORMES: Apodidae
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Chimney Swift
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APODIFORMES: Trochilidae
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird
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CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae
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Belted Kingfisher
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PICIFORMES: Picidae
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Red-headed Woodpecker
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Red-bellied Woodpecker
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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
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Downy Woodpecker
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Hairy Woodpecker
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Northern Flicker
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Pileated Woodpecker
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PASSERIFORMES: Tyrannidae
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Eastern Wood-Pewee
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Alder Flycatcher
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Willow Flycatcher
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Least Flycatcher
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Eastern Phoebe
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Great Crested Flycatcher
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Eastern Kingbird
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PASSERIFORMES: Vireonidae
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Blue-headed Vireo
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Warbling Vireo
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Philadelphia Vireo
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Red-eyed Vireo
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PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae
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Blue Jay
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American Crow
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PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae
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Horned Lark
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Northern Rough-winged Swallow
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Purple Martin
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Tree Swallow
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Bank Swallow
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Barn Swallow
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PASSERIFORMES: Paridae
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Black-capped Chickadee
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Tufted Titmouse
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PASSERIFORMES: Sittidae
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Red-breasted Nuthatch
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White-breasted Nuthatch
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PASSERIFORMES: Troglodytidae
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Carolina Wren
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House Wren
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Marsh Wren
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PASSERIFORMES: Polioptilidae
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Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
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Golden-crowned Kinglet
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PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae
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Eastern Bluebird
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Veery
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Gray-cheeked Thrush
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Swainson's Thrush
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Wood Thrush
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American Robin
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PASSERIFORMES: Mimidae
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Gray Catbird
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Brown Thrasher
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PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae
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European Starling
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PASSERIFORMES: Bombycillidae
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Cedar Waxwing
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PASSERIFORMES: Parulidae
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Ovenbird
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Northern Waterthrush
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Blue-winged Warbler
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Black-and-white Warbler
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Prothonotary Warbler
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Tennessee Warbler
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Nashville Warbler
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Mourning Warbler
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Common Yellowthroat
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Hooded Warbler
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American Redstart
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Cape May Warbler
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Northern Parula
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Magnolia Warbler
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Blackburnian Warbler
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Yellow Warbler
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Chestnut-sided Warbler
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Blackpoll Warbler
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Black-throated Blue Warbler
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Palm Warbler
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Pine Warbler
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Yellow-rumped Warbler
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Black-throated Green Warbler
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Canada Warbler
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PASSERIFORMES: Emberizidae
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Eastern Towhee
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Chipping Sparrow
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Field Sparrow
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Vesper Sparrow
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Savannah Sparrow
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Grasshopper Sparrow
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Song Sparrow
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Swamp Sparrow
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White-throated Sparrow
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White-crowned Sparrow
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PASSERIFORMES: Cardinalidae
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Scarlet Tanager
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Northern Cardinal
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Rose-breasted Grosbeak
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Blue Grosbeak
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Indigo Bunting
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PASSERIFORMES: Icteridae
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Red-winged Blackbird
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Common Grackle
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Brown-headed Cowbird
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Orchard Oriole
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Baltimore Oriole
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PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae
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House Finch
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Red Crossbill
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American Goldfinch
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PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae
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House Sparrow
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Until next time...
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