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.
We were lucky with the weather, only being bothered by a few very small drizzling showers. 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.
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.
Canada Goose
Branta canadensis
Mute Swan
Cygnus olor
Wood Duck
Aix sponsa
American Wigeon
Anas americana
American Black Duck
Anas rubripes
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
Blue-winged Teal
Anas discors
Northern Shoveler
Anas clypeata
Northern Pintail
Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal
Anas crecca
Ring-necked Duck
Aythya collaris
Hooded Merganser
Lophodytes cucullatus
Common Merganser
Mergus merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serrator
Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
Common Loon
Gavia immer
Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podiceps
Red-necked Grebe
Podiceps grisegena
Double-crested Cormorant
Phalacrocorax auritus
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias
Great Egret
Ardea alba
Green Heron
Butorides virescens
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes aura
Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Northern Harrier
Circus cyaneus
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Accipiter striatus
Cooper’s Hawk
Accipiter cooperii
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis
American Kestrel
Falco sparverius
Merlin
Falco columbarius
Common Gallinule/Moorhen
Gallinula galeata
American Coot
Fulica americana
Black-bellied Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
American Golden-Plover
Pluvialis dominica
Killdeer
Charadrius vociferus
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitaria
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
Sanderling
Calidris alba
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusilla
White-rumped Sandpiper
Calidris fuscicollis
Baird’s Sandpiper
Calidris bairdii
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotos
Bonaparte’s Gull
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensis
Herring Gull
Larus argentatus
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinus
Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia
Rock Pigeon
Columba livia
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura
Ruby-thr. Hummingbird
Archilochus colubris
Belted Kingfisher
Megaceryle alcyon
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Melanerpes carolinus
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus varius
Downy Woodpecker
Picoides pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker
Picoides villosus
Northern Flicker
Colaptes auratus
Pileated Woodpecker
Dryocopus pileatus
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Contopus virens
Eastern Phoebe
Sayornis phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus crinitus
Blue-headed Vireo
Vireo solitarius
Red-eyed Vireo
Vireo olivaceus
Gray Jay
Perisoreus canadensis
Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata
American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Black-capped Chickadee
Poecile atricapillus
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta canadensis
White-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta carolinensis
Brown Creeper
Certhia americana
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Regulus satrapa
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Regulus calendula
Swainson’s Thrush
Catharus ustulatus
American Robin
Turdus migratorius
Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensis
European Starling
Sturnus vulgaris
American Pipit
Anthus rubescens
Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorum
Black-and-white Warbler
Mniotilta varia
Tennessee Warbler
Oreothlypis peregrina
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichas
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticilla
Northern Parula
Setophaga americana
Magnolia Warbler
Setophaga magnolia
Yellow Warbler
Setophaga petechia
Blackpoll Warbler
Setophaga striata
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Setophaga caerulescens
Palm Warbler
Setophaga palmarum
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Setophaga coronata
Black-thr. Green Warbler
Setophaga virens
Wilson’s Warbler
Cardellina pusilla
Eastern Towhee
Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Song Sparrow
Melospiza melodia
White-throated Sparrow
Zonotrichia albicollis
Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivacea
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea
Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus
Common Grackle
Quiscalus quiscula
Purple Finch
Carpodacus purpureus
House Finch
Carpodacus mexicanus
American Goldfinch
Spinus tristis
House Sparrow
Passer domesticus
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Always An Adventure
Nina Stavlund
Nina is Norwegian, an extensive world traveller, and is now living in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. She's also a passionate birder and nature lover. She's a professional photographer, graduated from "Bilder Nordic School of Photography" in Oslo, Norway. Her award-winning work appears in many catalogues, magazines, postcards, websites, calendars and more. Nina, & her husband Tony Beck, offer local excursions, international tours and photographic services through their company "Always An Adventure Inc". Nina also conducts photography and photo editing courses.
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