Group at Presqu'ile Provincial Park
Sharp-shinned Hawk, Photo courtesy Tony Beck
It was still
dark with the night’s chilly draft and drizzling rain sweeping over Ottawa,
when a small, dedicated group of birders met at the Park & Ride off Hwy 416
and Bankfield.
The drive
down to Prince Edward County revealed several species of birds with plenty more
greeting us at the point.
Double-crested Cormorant, Photo courtesy Joshua McCullough
Red-breasted Nuthatch, Photo courtesy Joshua McCullough
We explored
the woods at Prince Edward point finding only a hand full of warblers, a female
Indigo Bunting and countless American Goldfinch. The Banding Station there
reported capturing more than 75 of them every day.
Merlins were
fairly common around the point, but the most spectacular scene was an aerial
attack between a persistent Sharp-shinned Hawk against a Coopers Hawk.
From the
point to our hotel in Trenton, we stopped several times observing many great
birds.
All in all,
we ended up with a day list of 70 birds that day.
Prince Edward Point Light House
Presqu'ile Park Light House, Photo courtesy Joshua McCullough
Mute Swans, Photo courtesy Joshua McCullough
The next day
started early with breakfast at 6:30am. And, the good weather followed us all
day long.
Presqu'ile
Park and the surrounding area gave us many wonderful bird sightings, ending the
day with a list of 86 birds.
A total
weekend trip list of 106 birds included 12 species of warblers, 5 species of
woodpecker and 12 species of shorebirds.
This was one
of the best late-summer trips to Presqu'ile in Always An Adventure's memory.
Caspian Tern, Photo courtesy Joshua McCullough
Twisters at Sea, Photo courtesy Joshua McCullough
Group at Prince Edward Point
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Canada Goose
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Mute Swan
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Wood Duck
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American Wigeon
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American Black Duck
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Mallard
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Blue-winged Teal
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Northern Shoveler
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Northern Pintail
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Green-winged Teal
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Ring-necked Duck
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Hooded Merganser
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Common Merganser
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Red-breasted Merganser
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Wild Turkey
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Common Loon
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Pied-billed Grebe
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Red-necked Grebe
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Double-crested Cormorant
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Great Blue Heron
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Great Egret
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Green Heron
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Turkey Vulture
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Osprey
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Bald Eagle
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Northern Harrier
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Sharp-shinned Hawk
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Accipiter striatus
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Cooper's Hawk
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Red-tailed Hawk
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American Kestrel
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Merlin
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Common Gallinule/Moorhen
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American Coot
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Black-bellied Plover
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American Golden-Plover
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Killdeer
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Solitary Sandpiper
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Greater Yellowlegs
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Lesser Yellowlegs
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Ruddy Turnstone
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Sanderling
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Semipalmated Sandpiper
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White-rumped Sandpiper
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Baird's Sandpiper
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Pectoral Sandpiper
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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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Caspian Tern
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Rock Pigeon
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Mourning Dove
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Ruby-thr. Hummingbird
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Belted Kingfisher
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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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Eastern Wood-Pewee
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Eastern Phoebe
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Great Crested Flycatcher
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Blue-headed Vireo
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Red-eyed Vireo
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Gray Jay
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Blue Jay
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American Crow
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Black-capped Chickadee
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Red-breasted Nuthatch
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White-breasted Nuthatch
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Brown Creeper
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Golden-crowned Kinglet
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet
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Swainson's Thrush
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American Robin
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Gray Catbird
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European Starling
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American Pipit
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Cedar Waxwing
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Black-and-white Warbler
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Tennessee Warbler
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Common Yellowthroat
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American Redstart
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Northern Parula
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Magnolia Warbler
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Yellow 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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Yellow-rumped Warbler
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Black-thr. Green Warbler
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Wilson's Warbler
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Eastern Towhee
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Song Sparrow
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White-throated Sparrow
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Scarlet Tanager
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Northern Cardinal
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Rose-breasted Grosbeak
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Indigo Bunting
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Red-winged Blackbird
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Common Grackle
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Purple Finch
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House Finch
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American Goldfinch
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House Sparrow
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Presqu'ile Park
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