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Tuesday July 3:<\/p>\n The first morning of our Summer Program started at Petrie Island with wonderful weather.<\/p>\n We quickly ventured out to explore the east end of Ottawa.<\/p>\n At Carlsbad Springs we had an entire family of American Kestrels. We also went to Embrun and Casselman Lagoons, where we had the first fall migrants including Least Sandpiper and Lesser Yellowlegs. At Casselman, we had a faded Horned Grebe, a rare bird for early July.<\/p>\n We ended the day with a list of 52 species.<\/p>\n Canada Goose<\/p>\n Branta canadensis<\/p>\n Wood Duck<\/p>\n Aix sponsa<\/p>\n Northern Shoveler<\/p>\n Anas clypeata<\/p>\n Ruddy Duck<\/p>\n Oxyura jamaicensis<\/p>\n Pied-billed Grebe<\/p>\n Podilymbus podiceps<\/p>\n Horned Grebe<\/p>\n Podiceps auritus<\/p>\n Great Blue Heron<\/p>\n Ardea herodias<\/p>\n American Kestrel<\/p>\n Falco sparverius<\/p>\n Common Gallinule\/Moorhen<\/p>\n Gallinula galeata<\/p>\n Killdeer<\/p>\n Charadrius vociferus<\/p>\n Spotted Sandpiper<\/p>\n Actitis macularius<\/p>\n Lesser Yellowlegs<\/p>\n Tringa flavipes<\/p>\n Least Sandpiper<\/p>\n Calidris minutilla<\/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 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 Northern Flicker<\/p>\n Colaptes auratus<\/p>\n Pileated Woodpecker<\/p>\n Dryocopus pileatus<\/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 Bank Swallow<\/p>\n Riparia riparia<\/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 Marsh Wren<\/p>\n Cistothorus palustris<\/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 Common Yellowthroat<\/p>\n Geothlypis trichas<\/p>\n Chipping Sparrow<\/p>\n Spizella passerina<\/p>\n Savannah Sparrow<\/p>\n Passerculus sandwichensis<\/p>\n Song Sparrow<\/p>\n Melospiza melodia<\/p>\n Swamp Sparrow<\/p>\n Melospiza georgiana<\/p>\n Northern Cardinal<\/p>\n Cardinalis cardinalis<\/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 House Finch<\/p>\n Carpodacus mexicanus<\/p>\n American Goldfinch<\/p>\n Spinus tristis<\/p>\n House Sparrow<\/p>\n Passer domesticus<\/p>\n \n \n Thursday July 5:<\/p>\n With a brightly shining sun, and a fresh breeze, we started the day at Andrew Haydon Park.<\/p>\n Just beyond the beach we had some early fall migrants including 4 Bonaparte Gulls.<\/p>\n It was a perfect day to look for migrants and various water birds, so we headed over to the Shirley’s Bay dyke. In the secondary growth of the greenbelt, we found many American Redstarts, including recently-fledged juveniles. From the dyke we saw Green Heron, American Widgeon, Great Egret, Bald Eagle on the nest and Spotted and Least Sandpiper. It was a great day with 64 species of birds.<\/p>\n Canada Goose<\/p>\n Branta canadensis<\/p>\n Wood Duck<\/p>\n Aix sponsa<\/p>\n American Wigeon<\/p>\n Anas americana<\/p>\n Mallard<\/p>\n Anas platyrhynchos<\/p>\n Green-winged Teal<\/p>\n Anas crecca<\/p>\n Hooded Merganser<\/p>\n Lophodytes cucullatus<\/p>\n Double-crested Cormorant<\/p>\n Phalacrocorax auritus<\/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 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 Bald Eagle<\/p>\n Haliaeetus leucocephalus<\/p>\n Merlin<\/p>\n Falco columbarius<\/p>\n Killdeer<\/p>\n Charadrius vociferus<\/p>\n Spotted Sandpiper<\/p>\n Actitis macularius<\/p>\n Least Sandpiper<\/p>\n Calidris minutilla<\/p>\n Bonaparte’s Gull<\/p>\n Chroicocephalus philadelphia<\/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 Northern Flicker<\/p>\n Colaptes auratus<\/p>\n Pileated Woodpecker<\/p>\n Dryocopus pileatus<\/p>\n Eastern Wood-Pewee<\/p>\n Contopus virens<\/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 Warbling Vireo<\/p>\n Vireo gilvus<\/p>\n Red-eyed Vireo<\/p>\n Vireo olivaceus<\/p>\n American Crow<\/p>\n Corvus brachyrhynchos<\/p>\n N – Rough-winged Swallow<\/p>\n Stelgidopteryx serripennis<\/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 White-breasted Nuthatch<\/p>\n Sitta carolinensis<\/p>\n House Wren<\/p>\n Troglodytes aedon<\/p>\n Marsh Wren<\/p>\n Cistothorus palustris<\/p>\n Veery<\/p>\n Catharus fuscescens<\/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 American Redstart<\/p>\n Setophaga ruticilla<\/p>\n Yellow Warbler<\/p>\n Setophaga petechia<\/p>\n Chipping Sparrow<\/p>\n Spizella passerina<\/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 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 \n \n \n Saturday July 7:<\/p>\n Our morning started again at Petrie Island.<\/p>\n It was hot and humid but with a comforting overcast.<\/p>\n We ventured out to the Dignard Constructed Wetland, the Embrun Lagoons and the St. Albert Lagoons. Besides generous helpings of delicious poutine and cheese curds at the St. Albert Cheese Factory, we had the following highlights of the day: Lesser Yellowlegs, Least Sandpiper, Common Gallinule chicks, Blue-winged Teal and Green-winged Teals. One of our participants, Ben, got Vesper Sparrow for life. It was a great day with 55 species of birds including many shorebirds.<\/p>\n Canada Goose<\/p>\n Branta canadensis<\/p>\n Gadwall<\/p>\n Anas strepera<\/p>\n American Black Duck<\/p>\n Anas rubripes<\/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 Ruddy Duck<\/p>\n Oxyura jamaicensis<\/p>\n Pied-billed Grebe<\/p>\n Podilymbus podiceps<\/p>\n American Bittern<\/p>\n Botaurus lentiginosus<\/p>\n Great Blue Heron<\/p>\n Ardea herodias<\/p>\n Green Heron<\/p>\n Butorides virescens<\/p>\n Red-tailed Hawk<\/p>\n Buteo jamaicensis<\/p>\n Virginia Rail<\/p>\n Rallus limicola<\/p>\n Common Gallinule\/Moorhen<\/p>\n Gallinula galeata<\/p>\n Killdeer<\/p>\n Charadrius vociferus<\/p>\n Spotted Sandpiper<\/p>\n Actitis macularius<\/p>\n Lesser Yellowlegs<\/p>\n Tringa flavipes<\/p>\n Upland Sandpiper<\/p>\n Bartramia longicauda<\/p>\n Least Sandpiper<\/p>\n Calidris minutilla<\/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 Belted Kingfisher<\/p>\n Megaceryle alcyon<\/p>\n Hairy Woodpecker<\/p>\n Picoides villosus<\/p>\n Northern Flicker<\/p>\n Colaptes auratus<\/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 Red-eyed Vireo<\/p>\n Vireo olivaceus<\/p>\n American Crow<\/p>\n Corvus brachyrhynchos<\/p>\n Common Raven<\/p>\n Corvus corax<\/p>\n N – Rough-winged Swallow<\/p>\n Stelgidopteryx serripennis<\/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 Black-capped Chickadee<\/p>\n Poecile atricapillus<\/p>\n Marsh Wren<\/p>\n Cistothorus palustris<\/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 Common Yellowthroat<\/p>\n Geothlypis trichas<\/p>\n Yellow Warbler<\/p>\n Setophaga petechia<\/p>\n Chipping Sparrow<\/p>\n Spizella passerina<\/p>\n Vesper Sparrow<\/p>\n Pooecetes gramineus<\/p>\n Song Sparrow<\/p>\n Melospiza melodia<\/p>\n Northern Cardinal<\/p>\n Cardinalis cardinalis<\/p>\n Red-winged Blackbird<\/p>\n Agelaius phoeniceus<\/p>\n Common Grackle<\/p>\n Quiscalus quiscula<\/p>\n Brown-headed Cowbird<\/p>\n Molothrus ater<\/p>\n House Finch<\/p>\n Carpodacus mexicanus<\/p>\n American Goldfinch<\/p>\n Spinus tristis<\/p>\n House Sparrow<\/p>\n Passer domesticus<\/p>\n \n \n \n \n Sunday July 8:<\/p>\n This was our last excursion in July before a long break.<\/p>\n And, it turned out to be our best day of birding day of the summer with 66 species.<\/p>\n We started out at Andrew Haydon park, before venturing out to the west end.<\/p>\n Some of the highlights included American Bittern, Red-shouldered Hawk, Solitary Sandpiper, Lesser and Greater Yellowlegs, Willow Flycatcher and Brown Thrasher. The bird of the day was unmistakably the Pine Siskin, an uncommon summer species.<\/p>\n We’ll be back from Newfoundland in early August!See you then!<\/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 Wild Turkey<\/p>\n Meleagris gallopavo<\/p>\n Pied-billed Grebe<\/p>\n Podilymbus podiceps<\/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 Turkey Vulture<\/p>\n Cathartes aura<\/p>\n Osprey<\/p>\n Pandion haliaetus<\/p>\n Red-shouldered Hawk<\/p>\n Buteo lineatus<\/p>\n Red-tailed Hawk<\/p>\n Buteo jamaicensis<\/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 Solitary Sandpiper<\/p>\n Tringa solitaria<\/p>\n Greater Yellowlegs<\/p>\n Tringa melanoleuca<\/p>\n Lesser Yellowlegs<\/p>\n Tringa flavipes<\/p>\n Least Sandpiper<\/p>\n Calidris minutilla<\/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 Downy Woodpecker<\/p>\n Picoides pubescens<\/p>\n Northern Flicker<\/p>\n Colaptes auratus<\/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 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 White-breasted Nuthatch<\/p>\n Sitta carolinensis<\/p>\n Eastern Bluebird<\/p>\n Sialia sialis<\/p>\n Veery<\/p>\n Catharus fuscescens<\/p>\n American Robin<\/p>\n Turdus migratorius<\/p>\n Gray Catbird<\/p>\n Dumetella carolinensis<\/p>\n Brown Thrasher<\/p>\n Toxostoma rufum<\/p>\n European Starling<\/p>\n Sturnus vulgaris<\/p>\n Cedar Waxwing<\/p>\n Bombycilla cedrorum<\/p>\n Common Yellowthroat<\/p>\n Geothlypis trichas<\/p>\n Yellow Warbler<\/p>\n Setophaga petechia<\/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 Savannah Sparrow<\/p>\n Passerculus sandwichensis<\/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 Pine Siskin<\/p>\n Spinus pinus<\/p>\n American Goldfinch<\/p>\n Spinus tristis<\/p>\n House Sparrow<\/p>\n Passer domesticus<\/p>\n Visit our website:<\/p>\n Always An Adventure<\/p>\n At the end, I would like to post a few images of a very cooperative and handsome Upland Sandpiper I came across the other day.<\/p>\n \n \n \n