{"id":12863,"date":"2012-06-10T12:00:46","date_gmt":"2012-06-10T10:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/?p=12863"},"modified":"2019-12-22T22:25:47","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T09:25:47","slug":"spring-migration-at-point-pelee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/spring-migration-at-point-pelee\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Migration at Point Pelee"},"content":{"rendered":"

Always An Adventure was hired by Road Scholar Canada \/ Routes to Learning to guide two back-to-back trips to Point Pelee for spring migration 2012.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Here is the entry for trip #1. Total trip list contains both seen and heard.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Tufted Titmouse<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Group at Long Point<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

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Lush green scenery at Long Point<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

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Beautiful wetlands at Long Point<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

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Marsh Wren<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

TOUR I:<\/p>\n

7-12 May 2012<\/p>\n

The group came together at the Holiday Inn Select in Windsor. It was an enthusiastic bunch containing mostly guests from across the border, USA, but also a couple of Canadians.<\/p>\n

The first full day of birding, we spent in the Long Point area. Highlights were Hooded Warbler, Northern Parula, Magnolia Warbler, Cape May Warbler and Orchard Oriole.<\/p>\n

At Rondeau, Nina Stavlund did a victory dance at the Visitors Center bird feeder when a Tufted Titmouse came in and became her only life bird of the trip. Other highlights of the day were Virginia Rail, Red-headed Woodpecker, Marsh Wren, Rose-breasted Grosbeak and Black-throated Blue Warbler.<\/p>\n

The next morning brought us to Comber and Stony Point. Here we had good looks at Indigo Bunting, Magnolia Warbler and Black-throated Green Warbler. After checking into the hotel we went for a hike on the Point Pelee Marsh Boardwalk. Here we had Black Tern, Common Gallinule and a young male Orchard Oriole. We ended the afternoon at Hillman Marsh, where we had a Marbled Godwit.<\/p>\n

We started early into Point Pelee where things were generally slow but steady. We had many cooperative song birds such as Blue-winged Warbler, Bay-breasted Warbler and Blue-gray Gnatcatcher.<\/p>\n

The top highlights from Point Pelee included a female Prothonotary Warbler so oblivious of our presence, she gathered nest material right at our feet! In addition we had two White-eyed Vireos, one of them singing.<\/p>\n

Our total trip-list came to 139 species of birds.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Birders galore at Hillman’s Marsh<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

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Marsh Boardwalk at Point Pelee<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

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Female Prothonotary Warbler at Point Pelee<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

Trip-list:<\/p>\n

ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae<\/p>\n

Canada Goose<\/p>\n

Branta canadensis<\/p>\n

Mute Swan<\/p>\n

Cygnus olor<\/p>\n

Wood Duck<\/p>\n

Aix sponsa<\/p>\n

Gadwall<\/p>\n

Anas strepera<\/p>\n

American Wigeon<\/p>\n

Anas americana<\/p>\n

Mallard<\/p>\n

Anas platyrhynchos<\/p>\n

Blue-winged Teal<\/p>\n

Anas discors<\/p>\n

Northern Shoveler<\/p>\n

Anas clypeata<\/p>\n

Green-winged Teal<\/p>\n

Anas crecca<\/p>\n

Ring-necked Duck<\/p>\n

Aythya collaris<\/p>\n

Lesser Scaup<\/p>\n

Aythya affinis<\/p>\n

Red-breasted Merganser<\/p>\n

Mergus serrator<\/p>\n

GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae<\/p>\n

Ruffed Grouse<\/p>\n

Bonasa umbellus<\/p>\n

Wild Turkey<\/p>\n

Meleagris gallopavo<\/p>\n

SULIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae<\/p>\n

Double-crested Cormorant<\/p>\n

Phalacrocorax auritus<\/p>\n

PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae<\/p>\n

Great Blue Heron<\/p>\n

Ardea herodias<\/p>\n

Green Heron<\/p>\n

Butorides virescens<\/p>\n

ACCIPITRIFORMES: Cathartidae<\/p>\n

Turkey Vulture<\/p>\n

Cathartes aura<\/p>\n

ACCIPITRIFORMES: Pandionidae<\/p>\n

Osprey<\/p>\n

Pandion haliaetus<\/p>\n

ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae<\/p>\n

Bald Eagle<\/p>\n

Haliaeetus leucocephalus<\/p>\n

Northern Harrier<\/p>\n

Circus cyaneus<\/p>\n

Cooper’s Hawk<\/p>\n

Accipiter cooperii<\/p>\n

Broad-winged Hawk<\/p>\n

Buteo platypterus<\/p>\n

Red-tailed Hawk<\/p>\n

Buteo jamaicensis<\/p>\n

FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae<\/p>\n

Merlin<\/p>\n

Falco columbarius<\/p>\n

GRUIFORMES: Rallidae<\/p>\n

Virginia Rail<\/p>\n

Rallus limicola<\/p>\n

Common Moorhen<\/p>\n

Gallinula galeata<\/p>\n

GRUIFORMES: Gruidae<\/p>\n

Sandhill Crane<\/p>\n

Grus canadensis<\/p>\n

CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae<\/p>\n

Black-bellied Plover<\/p>\n

Pluvialis squatarola<\/p>\n

Killdeer<\/p>\n

Charadrius vociferus<\/p>\n

CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae<\/p>\n

Spotted Sandpiper<\/p>\n

Actitis macularius<\/p>\n

Lesser Yellowlegs<\/p>\n

Tringa flavipes<\/p>\n

Marbled Godwit<\/p>\n

Limosa fedoa<\/p>\n

Least Sandpiper<\/p>\n

Calidris minutilla<\/p>\n

Dunlin<\/p>\n

Calidris alpina<\/p>\n

Short-billed Dowitcher<\/p>\n

Limnodromus griseus<\/p>\n

CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae<\/p>\n

Bonaparte’s Gull<\/p>\n

Chroicocephalus philadelphia<\/p>\n

Ring-billed Gull<\/p>\n

Larus delawarensis<\/p>\n

Herring Gull<\/p>\n

Larus argentatus<\/p>\n

Caspian Tern<\/p>\n

Hydroprogne caspia<\/p>\n

Black Tern<\/p>\n

Chlidonias niger<\/p>\n

Forster’s Tern<\/p>\n

Sterna forsteri<\/p>\n

COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae<\/p>\n

Rock Pigeon<\/p>\n

Columba livia<\/p>\n

Mourning Dove<\/p>\n

Zenaida macroura<\/p>\n

CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae<\/p>\n

Yellow-billed Cuckoo<\/p>\n

Coccyzus americanus<\/p>\n

Black-billed Cuckoo<\/p>\n

Coccyzus erythropthalmus<\/p>\n

STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae<\/p>\n

Eastern Screech-Owl<\/p>\n

Megascops asio<\/p>\n

APODIFORMES: Apodidae<\/p>\n

Chimney Swift<\/p>\n

Chaetura pelagica<\/p>\n

APODIFORMES: Trochilidae<\/p>\n

Ruby-throated Hummingbird<\/p>\n

Archilochus colubris<\/p>\n

CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae<\/p>\n

Belted Kingfisher<\/p>\n

Megaceryle alcyon<\/p>\n

PICIFORMES: Picidae<\/p>\n

Red-headed Woodpecker<\/p>\n

Melanerpes erythrocephalus<\/p>\n

Red-bellied Woodpecker<\/p>\n

Melanerpes carolinus<\/p>\n

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker<\/p>\n

Sphyrapicus varius<\/p>\n

Downy Woodpecker<\/p>\n

Picoides pubescens<\/p>\n

Hairy Woodpecker<\/p>\n

Picoides villosus<\/p>\n

Northern Flicker<\/p>\n

Colaptes auratus<\/p>\n

PASSERIFORMES: Tyrannidae<\/p>\n

Eastern Wood-Pewee<\/p>\n

Contopus virens<\/p>\n

Willow Flycatcher<\/p>\n

Empidonax traillii<\/p>\n

Least Flycatcher<\/p>\n

Empidonax minimus<\/p>\n

Eastern Phoebe<\/p>\n

Sayornis phoebe<\/p>\n

Great Crested Flycatcher<\/p>\n

Myiarchus crinitus<\/p>\n

Eastern Kingbird<\/p>\n

Tyrannus tyrannus<\/p>\n

PASSERIFORMES: Vireonidae<\/p>\n

White-eyed Vireo<\/p>\n

Vireo griseus<\/p>\n

Yellow-throated Vireo<\/p>\n

Vireo flavifrons<\/p>\n

Blue-headed Vireo<\/p>\n

Vireo solitarius<\/p>\n

Warbling Vireo<\/p>\n

Vireo gilvus<\/p>\n

Red-eyed Vireo<\/p>\n

Vireo olivaceus<\/p>\n

PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae<\/p>\n

Blue Jay<\/p>\n

Cyanocitta cristata<\/p>\n

American Crow<\/p>\n

Corvus brachyrhynchos<\/p>\n

PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae<\/p>\n

Horned Lark<\/p>\n

Eremophila alpestris<\/p>\n

PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae<\/p>\n

Northern Rough-winged Swallow<\/p>\n

Stelgidopteryx serripennis<\/p>\n

Purple Martin<\/p>\n

Progne subis<\/p>\n

Tree Swallow<\/p>\n

Tachycineta bicolor<\/p>\n

Bank Swallow<\/p>\n

Riparia riparia<\/p>\n

Barn Swallow<\/p>\n

Hirundo rustica<\/p>\n

Cliff Swallow<\/p>\n

Petrochelidon pyrrhonota<\/p>\n

PASSERIFORMES: Paridae<\/p>\n

Black-capped Chickadee<\/p>\n

Poecile atricapillus<\/p>\n

Boreal Chickadee<\/p>\n

Poecile hudsonicus<\/p>\n

Tufted Titmouse<\/p>\n

Baeolophus bicolor<\/p>\n

PASSERIFORMES: Sittidae<\/p>\n

White-breasted Nuthatch<\/p>\n

Sitta carolinensis<\/p>\n

PASSERIFORMES: Troglodytidae<\/p>\n

Carolina Wren<\/p>\n

Thryothorus ludovicianus<\/p>\n

House Wren<\/p>\n

Troglodytes aedon<\/p>\n

Marsh Wren<\/p>\n

Cistothorus palustris<\/p>\n

PASSERIFORMES: Polioptilidae<\/p>\n

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher<\/p>\n

Polioptila caerulea<\/p>\n

PASSERIFORMES: Regulidae<\/p>\n

Ruby-crowned Kinglet<\/p>\n

Regulus calendula<\/p>\n

PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae<\/p>\n

Eastern Bluebird<\/p>\n

Sialia sialis<\/p>\n

Veery<\/p>\n

Catharus fuscescens<\/p>\n

Swainson’s Thrush<\/p>\n

Catharus ustulatus<\/p>\n

Wood Thrush<\/p>\n

Hylocichla mustelina<\/p>\n

American Robin<\/p>\n

Turdus migratorius<\/p>\n

PASSERIFORMES: Mimidae<\/p>\n

Gray Catbird<\/p>\n

Dumetella carolinensis<\/p>\n

Brown Thrasher<\/p>\n

Toxostoma rufum<\/p>\n

PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae<\/p>\n

European Starling<\/p>\n

Sturnus vulgaris<\/p>\n

PASSERIFORMES: Bombycillidae<\/p>\n

Cedar Waxwing<\/p>\n

Bombycilla cedrorum<\/p>\n

PASSERIFORMES: Parulidae<\/p>\n

Ovenbird<\/p>\n

Seiurus aurocapilla<\/p>\n

Northern Waterthrush<\/p>\n

Parkesia noveboracensis<\/p>\n

Blue-winged Warbler<\/p>\n

Vermivora cyanoptera<\/p>\n

Black-and-white Warbler<\/p>\n

Mniotilta varia<\/p>\n

Prothonotary Warbler<\/p>\n

Protonotaria citrea<\/p>\n

Tennessee Warbler<\/p>\n

Oreothlypis peregrina<\/p>\n

Nashville Warbler<\/p>\n

Oreothlypis ruficapilla<\/p>\n

Common Yellowthroat<\/p>\n

Geothlypis trichas<\/p>\n

Hooded Warbler<\/p>\n

Setophaga citrina<\/p>\n

American Redstart<\/p>\n

Setophaga ruticilla<\/p>\n

Cape May Warbler<\/p>\n

Setophaga tigrina<\/p>\n

Cerulean Warbler<\/p>\n

Setophaga cerulea<\/p>\n

Northern Parula<\/p>\n

Setophaga americana<\/p>\n

Magnolia Warbler<\/p>\n

Setophaga magnolia<\/p>\n

Bay-breasted Warbler<\/p>\n

Setophaga castanea<\/p>\n

Blackburnian Warbler<\/p>\n

Setophaga fusca<\/p>\n

Yellow Warbler<\/p>\n

Setophaga petechia<\/p>\n

Chestnut-sided Warbler<\/p>\n

Setophaga pensylvanica<\/p>\n

Black-throated Blue Warbler<\/p>\n

Setophaga caerulescens<\/p>\n

Palm Warbler<\/p>\n

Setophaga palmarum<\/p>\n

Pine Warbler<\/p>\n

Setophaga pinus<\/p>\n

Yellow-rumped Warbler<\/p>\n

Setophaga coronata<\/p>\n

Black-throated Green Warbler<\/p>\n

Setophaga virens<\/p>\n

Wilson’s Warbler<\/p>\n

Cardellina pusilla<\/p>\n

PASSERIFORMES: Emberizidae<\/p>\n

Eastern Towhee<\/p>\n

Pipilo erythrophthalmus<\/p>\n

Chipping Sparrow<\/p>\n

Spizella passerina<\/p>\n

Field Sparrow<\/p>\n

Spizella pusilla<\/p>\n

Song Sparrow<\/p>\n

Melospiza melodia<\/p>\n

Lincoln’s Sparrow<\/p>\n

Melospiza lincolnii<\/p>\n

Swamp Sparrow<\/p>\n

Melospiza georgiana<\/p>\n

White-throated Sparrow<\/p>\n

Zonotrichia albicollis<\/p>\n

White-crowned Sparrow<\/p>\n

Zonotrichia leucophrys<\/p>\n

Dark-eyed Junco<\/p>\n

Junco hyemalis<\/p>\n

PASSERIFORMES: Cardinalidae<\/p>\n

Scarlet Tanager<\/p>\n

Piranga olivacea<\/p>\n

Northern Cardinal<\/p>\n

Cardinalis cardinalis<\/p>\n

Rose-breasted Grosbeak<\/p>\n

Pheucticus ludovicianus<\/p>\n

Indigo Bunting<\/p>\n

Passerina cyanea<\/p>\n

PASSERIFORMES: Icteridae<\/p>\n

Bobolink<\/p>\n

Dolichonyx oryzivorus<\/p>\n

Red-winged Blackbird<\/p>\n

Agelaius phoeniceus<\/p>\n

Eastern Meadowlark<\/p>\n

Sturnella magna<\/p>\n

Western Meadowlark<\/p>\n

Sturnella neglecta<\/p>\n

Common Grackle<\/p>\n

Quiscalus quiscula<\/p>\n

Brown-headed Cowbird<\/p>\n

Molothrus ater<\/p>\n

Orchard Oriole<\/p>\n

Icterus spurius<\/p>\n

Baltimore Oriole<\/p>\n

Icterus galbula<\/p>\n

PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae<\/p>\n

House Finch<\/p>\n

Carpodacus mexicanus<\/p>\n

American Goldfinch<\/p>\n

Spinus tristis<\/p>\n

PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae<\/p>\n

House Sparrow<\/p>\n

Passer domesticus<\/p>\n

Ontario’s Birding Hot Spot: Point Pelee National Parkwas organized by<\/p>\n

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