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\n Overnight excursion to Algonquin Park 2-3 June 2012:<\/p>\n A group of 13 enthusiastic people, met at the Coliseum Theatre Parking Lot bright and early Saturday morning.<\/p>\n Although the weather forecast was gloomy, to our great surprise, all of Saturday came with perfect birding conditions – calm, comfy and reasonably dry.<\/p>\n It started with a bang at the East Gate when Magnolia, Pine and Myrtle Warblers came into view. Along the Opeongo Lake Road we had many different songbirds including Chestnut-sided Warbler, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Swamp Sparrow and Nashville Warbler. One of the highlights was observing a baby Hairy Woodpecker making his mamma work real hard. He was comfortably seated at the entrance to his nest cavity, making a tremendous amount of noise.<\/p>\n We then went to the Visitor Center for a lunch break. While enjoying our meal, Tony spots a Black Bear far out in the bog beside the centre. We all got to see it, or at least parts of it.<\/p>\n After the break, we ventured out on the Mizzy Lake Trail. Many wonderful things happened this afternoon including appearances of a male Black-backed Woodpecker and a pair of moose. We were all mesmerized with the foraging male moose, and everyone with a camera got their unforgettable shots.<\/p>\n Full of wonderful impressions of Mother Nature, we ended the day with a hardy dinner at the Mad Musher Restaurant.<\/p>\n The late-evening chorus was filled with the songs of Green Frog, Spring Peeper and Veery.<\/p>\n \n \n \n \n The next morning began with promising skies, and an eager group.<\/p>\n t started with excellent views of Mourning Warbler, before our 7am breakfast. We went back to the Opeongo Lake Road where we revisited our noisy Hairy Woodpecker family. Nearby, we also had a family of Gray Jay’s and a male Spruce Grouse. A persistent rain followed, encouraging us to take an early lunch at the Visitor Center.<\/p>\n In the afternoon, along the Spruce Bog Boardwalk we had Lincoln’s Sparrows and a Boreal Chickadee. At the Barlett Lodge Parking Lot we had two cooperative male Evening Grosbeaks. Unfortunately, the rain became very heavy as the afternoon unfolded. Around 3pm, we decided to pack-it-in for our drive back to Ottawa.<\/p>\n All-in-all, it was a spectacular weekend with a trip-list of 93 species, including views of all our target species.<\/p>\n \n \n \n \n Canada Goose<\/p>\n Branta canadensis<\/p>\n Wood Duck<\/p>\n Aix sponsa<\/p>\n American Black Duck<\/p>\n Anas rubripes<\/p>\n Mallard<\/p>\n Anas platyrhynchos<\/p>\n Ring-necked Duck<\/p>\n Aythya collaris<\/p>\n Hooded Merganser<\/p>\n Lophodytes cucullatus<\/p>\n Common Merganser<\/p>\n Mergus merganser<\/p>\n Spruce Grouse<\/p>\n Falcipennis canadensis<\/p>\n Wild Turkey<\/p>\n Meleagris gallopavo<\/p>\n Common Loon<\/p>\n Gavia immer<\/p>\n Double-crested Cormorant<\/p>\n Phalacrocorax auritus<\/p>\n American Bittern<\/p>\n Botaurus lentiginosus<\/p>\n Great Blue Heron<\/p>\n Ardea herodias<\/p>\n Black-crowned Night-Heron<\/p>\n Nycticorax nycticorax<\/p>\n Turkey Vulture<\/p>\n Cathartes aura<\/p>\n Osprey<\/p>\n Pandion haliaetus<\/p>\n Northern Harrier<\/p>\n Circus cyaneus<\/p>\n Red-tailed Hawk<\/p>\n Buteo jamaicensis<\/p>\n American Kestrel<\/p>\n Falco sparverius<\/p>\n Merlin<\/p>\n Falco columbarius<\/p>\n Killdeer<\/p>\n Charadrius vociferus<\/p>\n Wilson’s Snipe<\/p>\n Gallinago delicata<\/p>\n American Woodcock<\/p>\n Scolopax minor<\/p>\n Ring-billed Gull<\/p>\n Larus delawarensis<\/p>\n Herring Gull<\/p>\n Larus argentatus<\/p>\n Rock Pigeon<\/p>\n Columba livia<\/p>\n Mourning Dove<\/p>\n Zenaida macroura<\/p>\n Chimney Swift<\/p>\n Chaetura pelagica<\/p>\n Ruby-thr. Hummingbird<\/p>\n Archilochus colubris<\/p>\n Belted Kingfisher<\/p>\n Megaceryle alcyon<\/p>\n Yellow-bellied Sapsucker<\/p>\n Sphyrapicus varius<\/p>\n Hairy Woodpecker<\/p>\n Picoides villosus<\/p>\n Black-backed Woodpecker<\/p>\n Picoides arcticus<\/p>\n Northern Flicker<\/p>\n Colaptes auratus<\/p>\n Pileated Woodpecker<\/p>\n Dryocopus pileatus<\/p>\n Yellow-bellied Flycatcher<\/p>\n Empidonax flaviventris<\/p>\n Alder Flycatcher<\/p>\n Empidonax alnorum<\/p>\n Least Flycatcher<\/p>\n Empidonax minimus<\/p>\n Eastern Phoebe<\/p>\n Sayornis phoebe<\/p>\n Eastern Kingbird<\/p>\n Tyrannus tyrannus<\/p>\n Blue-headed Vireo<\/p>\n Vireo solitarius<\/p>\n Red-eyed Vireo<\/p>\n Vireo olivaceus<\/p>\n Gray Jay<\/p>\n Perisoreus canadensis<\/p>\n Blue Jay<\/p>\n Cyanocitta cristata<\/p>\n American Crow<\/p>\n Corvus brachyrhynchos<\/p>\n Common Raven<\/p>\n Corvus corax<\/p>\n Tree Swallow<\/p>\n Tachycineta bicolor<\/p>\n Barn Swallow<\/p>\n Hirundo rustica<\/p>\n Black-capped Chickadee<\/p>\n Poecile atricapillus<\/p>\n Boreal Chickadee<\/p>\n Poecile hudsonicus<\/p>\n Red-breasted Nuthatch<\/p>\n Sitta canadensis<\/p>\n Brown Creeper<\/p>\n Certhia americana<\/p>\n Golden-crowned Kinglet<\/p>\n Regulus satrapa<\/p>\n Ruby-crowned Kinglet<\/p>\n Regulus calendula<\/p>\n Eastern Bluebird<\/p>\n Sialia sialis<\/p>\n Veery<\/p>\n Catharus fuscescens<\/p>\n Hermit Thrush<\/p>\n Catharus guttatus<\/p>\n Wood Thrush<\/p>\n Hylocichla mustelina<\/p>\n American Robin<\/p>\n Turdus migratorius<\/p>\n European Starling<\/p>\n Sturnus vulgaris<\/p>\n Cedar Waxwing<\/p>\n Bombycilla cedrorum<\/p>\n Ovenbird<\/p>\n Seiurus aurocapilla<\/p>\n Northern Waterthrush<\/p>\n Parkesia noveboracensis<\/p>\n Black-and-white Warbler<\/p>\n Mniotilta varia<\/p>\n Nashville Warbler<\/p>\n Oreothlypis ruficapilla<\/p>\n Mourning Warbler<\/p>\n Geothlypis philadelphia<\/p>\n Common Yellowthroat<\/p>\n Geothlypis trichas<\/p>\n American Redstart<\/p>\n Setophaga ruticilla<\/p>\n Cape May Warbler<\/p>\n Setophaga tigrina<\/p>\n Northern Parula<\/p>\n Setophaga americana<\/p>\n Magnolia Warbler<\/p>\n Setophaga magnolia<\/p>\n Blackburnian Warbler<\/p>\n Setophaga fusca<\/p>\n Yellow Warbler<\/p>\n Setophaga petechia<\/p>\n Black-throated Blue Warbler<\/p>\n Setophaga caerulescens<\/p>\n Pine Warbler<\/p>\n Setophaga pinus<\/p>\n Yellow-rumped Warbler<\/p>\n Setophaga coronata<\/p>\n Black-thr. Green Warbler<\/p>\n Setophaga virens<\/p>\n Chipping Sparrow<\/p>\n Spizella passerina<\/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 Northern Cardinal<\/p>\n Cardinalis cardinalis<\/p>\n Rose-breasted Grosbeak<\/p>\n Pheucticus ludovicianus<\/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 Common Grackle<\/p>\n Quiscalus quiscula<\/p>\n Baltimore Oriole<\/p>\n Icterus galbula<\/p>\n Purple Finch<\/p>\n Carpodacus purpureus<\/p>\n American Goldfinch<\/p>\n Spinus tristis<\/p>\n Evening Grosbeak<\/p>\n Coccothraustes vespertinus<\/p>\n House Sparrow<\/p>\n Passer domesticus<\/p>\n \n \n \n