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<\/a>Tuesday June 19:<\/p>\n Although the weather seemed unsettling as we left Ottawa for the Purdon Fen, upon our arrival, the rain completely stopped. Much to our delight, the glistening rain droplets covered ever bloom ofShowy Lady’s Slippers. It became an excellent day with calm conditions and endless photo opportunities.Regardless of all the beautiful flowers surrounding us, we still located several interesting birds, including a few wood-warblers on territory. We ended the day with a list of 49 bird species.<\/p>\n Canada Goose<\/p>\n Branta canadensis<\/p>\n Mallard<\/p>\n Anas platyrhynchos<\/p>\n Wild Turkey<\/p>\n Meleagris gallopavo<\/p>\n Great Blue Heron<\/p>\n Ardea herodias<\/p>\n Great Egret<\/p>\n Ardea alba<\/p>\n Green Heron<\/p>\n Butorides virescens<\/p>\n Turkey Vulture<\/p>\n Cathartes aura<\/p>\n Cooper’s Hawk<\/p>\n Accipiter cooperii<\/p>\n Broad-winged Hawk<\/p>\n Buteo platypterus<\/p>\n American Kestrel<\/p>\n Falco sparverius<\/p>\n Spotted Sandpiper<\/p>\n Actitis macularius<\/p>\n Ring-billed Gull<\/p>\n Larus delawarensis<\/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 Northern Flicker<\/p>\n Colaptes auratus<\/p>\n Alder Flycatcher<\/p>\n Empidonax alnorum<\/p>\n Eastern Kingbird<\/p>\n Tyrannus tyrannus<\/p>\n Warbling Vireo<\/p>\n Vireo gilvus<\/p>\n Red-eyed Vireo<\/p>\n Vireo olivaceus<\/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 Black-capped Chickadee<\/p>\n Poecile atricapillus<\/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 Black-and-white Warbler<\/p>\n Mniotilta varia<\/p>\n Nashville Warbler<\/p>\n Oreothlypis ruficapilla<\/p>\n Common Yellowthroat<\/p>\n Geothlypis trichas<\/p>\n Blackburnian Warbler<\/p>\n Setophaga fusca<\/p>\n Yellow Warbler<\/p>\n Setophaga petechia<\/p>\n Pine Warbler<\/p>\n Setophaga pinus<\/p>\n Black-thr. Green Warbler<\/p>\n Setophaga virens<\/p>\n Clay-colored Sparrow<\/p>\n Spizella pallida<\/p>\n Field Sparrow<\/p>\n Spizella pusilla<\/p>\n Savannah Sparrow<\/p>\n Passerculus sandwichensis<\/p>\n Grasshopper Sparrow<\/p>\n Ammodramus savannarum<\/p>\n Song Sparrow<\/p>\n Melospiza melodia<\/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 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 American Goldfinch<\/p>\n Spinus tristis<\/p>\n House Sparrow<\/p>\n Passer domesticus<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Thursday June 21:<\/p>\n It was a fantastic day to explore Morris Island’s Forest & Wetlands. Birds were extremely active gathering food and defending territory. Some of the interesting birds we had near the trail entrance included Scarlet Tanager and Black-throated Green Warbler.The ponds were quiet but the forest was full of life. Veery and Ovenbirds were everywhere. We encountered a pair of Hairy Woodpeckers having a territorial dispute. And we could hear the faint trill of a male Pine Warbler echoing over the wetlands. We ended the day with a list of 57 species.<\/p>\n Canada Goose<\/p>\n Branta canadensis<\/p>\n Double-crested Cormorant<\/p>\n Phalacrocorax auritus<\/p>\n Great Blue Heron<\/p>\n Ardea herodias<\/p>\n Turkey Vulture<\/p>\n Cathartes aura<\/p>\n Osprey<\/p>\n Pandion haliaetus<\/p>\n American Kestrel<\/p>\n Falco sparverius<\/p>\n Killdeer<\/p>\n Charadrius vociferus<\/p>\n Spotted Sandpiper<\/p>\n Actitis macularius<\/p>\n Upland Sandpiper<\/p>\n Bartramia longicauda<\/p>\n Ring-billed Gull<\/p>\n Larus delawarensis<\/p>\n Rock Pigeon<\/p>\n Columba livia<\/p>\n Mourning Dove<\/p>\n Zenaida macroura<\/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 Pileated Woodpecker<\/p>\n Dryocopus pileatus<\/p>\n Eastern Wood-Pewee<\/p>\n Contopus virens<\/p>\n Eastern Phoebe<\/p>\n Sayornis phoebe<\/p>\n Great Crested Flycatcher<\/p>\n Myiarchus crinitus<\/p>\n Warbling Vireo<\/p>\n Vireo gilvus<\/p>\n Philadelphia Vireo<\/p>\n Vireo philadelphicus<\/p>\n Red-eyed Vireo<\/p>\n Vireo olivaceus<\/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 Purple Martin<\/p>\n Progne subis<\/p>\n Tree Swallow<\/p>\n Tachycineta bicolor<\/p>\n Black-capped Chickadee<\/p>\n Poecile atricapillus<\/p>\n Red-breasted Nuthatch<\/p>\n Sitta canadensis<\/p>\n White-breasted Nuthatch<\/p>\n Sitta carolinensis<\/p>\n Winter Wren<\/p>\n Troglodytes hiemalis<\/p>\n Veery<\/p>\n Catharus fuscescens<\/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 Common Yellowthroat<\/p>\n Geothlypis trichas<\/p>\n Yellow Warbler<\/p>\n Setophaga petechia<\/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 Field Sparrow<\/p>\n Spizella pusilla<\/p>\n Song Sparrow<\/p>\n Melospiza melodia<\/p>\n Swamp Sparrow<\/p>\n Melospiza georgiana<\/p>\n White-throated Sparrow<\/p>\n Zonotrichia albicollis<\/p>\n Scarlet Tanager<\/p>\n Piranga olivacea<\/p>\n Rose-breasted Grosbeak<\/p>\n Pheucticus ludovicianus<\/p>\n Indigo Bunting<\/p>\n Passerina cyanea<\/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<\/p>\n Saturday June 23:<\/p>\n The Bill Mason Center started fairly quiet as the sun heated the morning. However, as soon as we entered the tree-covered woodland trail, birds and sounds were many.We had Green Heron and Wilson’s Snipe flying over the wetlands. We found Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Chestnut-sided Warbler and Black & White Warbler at the forest edge. Inside the forest, we heard Veery, Hermit and Wood Thrush, just to mention just a few.Later in the morning, the heat became more bearable with the arrival of overcast conditions. We were delighted to have tallied 63 species of birds by the end of the morning.<\/p>\n Canada Goose<\/p>\n Branta canadensis<\/p>\n Wood Duck<\/p>\n Aix sponsa<\/p>\n Mallard<\/p>\n Anas platyrhynchos<\/p>\n Hooded Merganser<\/p>\n Lophodytes cucullatus<\/p>\n Least Bittern<\/p>\n Ixobrychus exilis<\/p>\n Great Blue Heron<\/p>\n Ardea herodias<\/p>\n Green Heron<\/p>\n Butorides virescens<\/p>\n Turkey Vulture<\/p>\n Cathartes aura<\/p>\n Osprey<\/p>\n Pandion haliaetus<\/p>\n Broad-winged Hawk<\/p>\n Buteo platypterus<\/p>\n Red-tailed Hawk<\/p>\n Buteo jamaicensis<\/p>\n Virginia Rail<\/p>\n Rallus limicola<\/p>\n Killdeer<\/p>\n Charadrius vociferus<\/p>\n Spotted Sandpiper<\/p>\n Actitis macularius<\/p>\n Wilson’s Snipe<\/p>\n Gallinago delicata<\/p>\n Ring-billed Gull<\/p>\n Larus delawarensis<\/p>\n Common Tern<\/p>\n Sterna hirundo<\/p>\n Rock Pigeon<\/p>\n Columba livia<\/p>\n Mourning Dove<\/p>\n Zenaida macroura<\/p>\n Belted Kingfisher<\/p>\n Megaceryle alcyon<\/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 Eastern Wood-Pewee<\/p>\n Contopus virens<\/p>\n Alder Flycatcher<\/p>\n Empidonax alnorum<\/p>\n Willow Flycatcher<\/p>\n Empidonax traillii<\/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 Warbling Vireo<\/p>\n Vireo gilvus<\/p>\n Red-eyed Vireo<\/p>\n Vireo olivaceus<\/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 Purple Martin<\/p>\n Progne subis<\/p>\n Barn Swallow<\/p>\n Hirundo rustica<\/p>\n Black-capped Chickadee<\/p>\n Poecile atricapillus<\/p>\n Red-breasted Nuthatch<\/p>\n Sitta canadensis<\/p>\n White-breasted Nuthatch<\/p>\n Sitta carolinensis<\/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 Gray Catbird<\/p>\n Dumetella carolinensis<\/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 Black-and-white Warbler<\/p>\n Mniotilta varia<\/p>\n Common Yellowthroat<\/p>\n Geothlypis trichas<\/p>\n Yellow Warbler<\/p>\n Setophaga petechia<\/p>\n Chestnut-sided Warbler<\/p>\n Setophaga pensylvanica<\/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 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 Common Grackle<\/p>\n Quiscalus quiscula<\/p>\n American Goldfinch<\/p>\n Spinus tristis<\/p>\n<\/p>\n