{"id":22102,"date":"2012-10-01T17:47:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-01T15:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/?p=22102"},"modified":"2019-12-22T22:29:36","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T09:29:36","slug":"birding-late-summer-into-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/birding-late-summer-into-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"Birding Late Summer into Fall"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tuesday September 25:<\/p>\n

What a most fantastic day!<\/p>\n

The sun was shining with blue skies, there was no wind, and there were birds everywhere!<\/p>\n

Starting the morning at Petrie Island with calm condition, we decided to do a full search of the woods. Black-throated Green Warblers, Chickadees, Gray Catbirds, Goldfinches, White-throated Sparrows, Yellow-rumped Warblers, Flycatchers and woodpeckers seemed to be passing through in great number.<\/p>\n

Later in the morning we ventured out to Giroux Pond where we had 4 Wilson’s Snipe and hundreds of Canada Geese among other water fowl. Just when we were about to leave, 3 Snow Geese came in and landed in the pond.<\/p>\n

We ventured even further, checking local farm fields, and Embrun Lagoons. We had Sandhill Cranes flying over the fields near Navan, 4 species of swallows at Embrun, in addition we had Pectoral, Semipalmated & Least Sandpipers, and both Yellowlegs. We found many American Pipits in the farm fields close to Giroux Pond. There were dozens of Killdeers here as well.<\/p>\n

The morning ended at 1pm and we had a total of 71 species.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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DigiScoped Pectoral Sandpiper<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Dawn at Petrie Island, Ottawa – Canada<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

Snow Goose<\/p>\n

Chen caerulescens<\/p>\n

Canada Goose<\/p>\n

Branta canadensis<\/p>\n

Wood Duck<\/p>\n

Aix sponsa<\/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

Northern Pintail<\/p>\n

Anas acuta<\/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

Ruddy Duck<\/p>\n

Oxyura jamaicensis<\/p>\n

Wild Turkey<\/p>\n

Meleagris gallopavo<\/p>\n

Pied-billed Grebe<\/p>\n

Podilymbus podiceps<\/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

Bald Eagle<\/p>\n

Haliaeetus leucocephalus<\/p>\n

Northern Harrier<\/p>\n

Circus cyaneus<\/p>\n

Red-tailed Hawk<\/p>\n

Buteo jamaicensis<\/p>\n

Common Gallinule\/Moorhen<\/p>\n

Gallinula galeata<\/p>\n

Sandhill Crane<\/p>\n

Grus canadensis<\/p>\n

Black-bellied Plover<\/p>\n

Pluvialis squatarola<\/p>\n

Killdeer<\/p>\n

Charadrius vociferus<\/p>\n

Greater Yellowlegs<\/p>\n

Tringa melanoleuca<\/p>\n

Lesser Yellowlegs<\/p>\n

Tringa flavipes<\/p>\n

Semipalmated Sandpiper<\/p>\n

Calidris pusilla<\/p>\n

Least Sandpiper<\/p>\n

Calidris minutilla<\/p>\n

Pectoral Sandpiper<\/p>\n

Calidris melanotos<\/p>\n

Wilson’s Snipe<\/p>\n

Gallinago delicata<\/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

Hairy Woodpecker<\/p>\n

Picoides villosus<\/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

Eastern Phoebe<\/p>\n

Sayornis phoebe<\/p>\n

Blue-headed Vireo<\/p>\n

Vireo solitarius<\/p>\n

Blue Jay<\/p>\n

Cyanocitta cristata<\/p>\n

American Crow<\/p>\n

Corvus brachyrhynchos<\/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

Black-capped Chickadee<\/p>\n

Poecile atricapillus<\/p>\n

White-breasted Nuthatch<\/p>\n

Sitta carolinensis<\/p>\n

Brown Creeper<\/p>\n

Certhia americana<\/p>\n

Swainson’s Thrush<\/p>\n

Catharus ustulatus<\/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

American Pipit<\/p>\n

Anthus rubescens<\/p>\n

Cedar Waxwing<\/p>\n

Bombycilla cedrorum<\/p>\n

Tennessee Warbler<\/p>\n

Oreothlypis peregrina<\/p>\n

Northern Parula<\/p>\n

Setophaga americana<\/p>\n

Magnolia Warbler<\/p>\n

Setophaga magnolia<\/p>\n

Blackpoll Warbler<\/p>\n

Setophaga striata<\/p>\n

Yellow-rumped Warbler<\/p>\n

Setophaga coronata<\/p>\n

Black-thr. Green Warbler<\/p>\n

Setophaga virens<\/p>\n

Savannah Sparrow<\/p>\n

Passerculus sandwichensis<\/p>\n

Song Sparrow<\/p>\n

Melospiza melodia<\/p>\n

White-throated Sparrow<\/p>\n

Zonotrichia albicollis<\/p>\n

Dark-eyed Junco<\/p>\n

Junco hyemalis<\/p>\n

Red-winged Blackbird<\/p>\n

Agelaius phoeniceus<\/p>\n

American Goldfinch<\/p>\n

Spinus tristis<\/p>\n

House Sparrow<\/p>\n

Passer domesticus<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Embrun Lagoons, Ottawa, Canada<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Champlain Lookouts, Gatineau Park – Quebec, Canada<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

Saturday September 29:<\/p>\n

It was a most beautiful late September morning. The trees, plants and grass have started to change color and the scenery is getting more and more interesting.<\/p>\n

We ventured around in the Gatineau Park, but it was very quiet in the woods. Therefore, close to the end of the excursion, we decided to go down to the river and see what we could find there.<\/p>\n

We ended up with a day list of 41 species.<\/p>\n

Canada Goose<\/p>\n

Branta canadensis<\/p>\n

Mallard<\/p>\n

Anas platyrhynchos<\/p>\n

Lesser Scaup<\/p>\n

Aythya affinis<\/p>\n

Hooded Merganser<\/p>\n

Lophodytes cucullatus<\/p>\n

Ruffed Grouse<\/p>\n

Bonasa umbellus<\/p>\n

Double-crested Cormorant<\/p>\n

Phalacrocorax auritus<\/p>\n

Turkey Vulture<\/p>\n

Cathartes aura<\/p>\n

Black-bellied Plover<\/p>\n

Pluvialis squatarola<\/p>\n

Ring-billed Gull<\/p>\n

Larus delawarensis<\/p>\n

Herring Gull<\/p>\n

Larus argentatus<\/p>\n

Great Black-backed Gull<\/p>\n

Larus marinus<\/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

Northern Flicker<\/p>\n

Colaptes auratus<\/p>\n

Pileated Woodpecker<\/p>\n

Dryocopus pileatus<\/p>\n

Blue-headed Vireo<\/p>\n

Vireo solitarius<\/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

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

Golden-crowned Kinglet<\/p>\n

Regulus satrapa<\/p>\n

Ruby-crowned Kinglet<\/p>\n

Regulus calendula<\/p>\n

Swainson’s Thrush<\/p>\n

Catharus ustulatus<\/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

Yellow-rumped Warbler<\/p>\n

Setophaga coronata<\/p>\n

Song Sparrow<\/p>\n

Melospiza melodia<\/p>\n

Dark-eyed Junco<\/p>\n

Junco hyemalis<\/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

Purple Finch<\/p>\n

Carpodacus purpureus<\/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<\/p>\n

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Black-bellied Plover, Photo courtesy Joshua McCullough<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Deschenes Rapids, Ottawa, Canada<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

Sunday September 30:<\/p>\n

The weather was not on our side today, but there was no wind and the rain didn’t start until the excursion was finished.<\/p>\n

We started at Andrew Haydon where a couple of the participants got beautiful shots of a Black-bellied Plover. At Shirley’s Bay we had a Brant fly by, but when we came back to Andrew Haydon Park to end our excursion we had a whole flock, with about a 100 Brandt. We also had a Lincoln’s Sparrow at the entrance of the mud flats.<\/p>\n

A quick stop at the Quarry Pond revealed 7 Cackling Geese, hundreds of Canada Geese and 2 snow Geese among other water fowl and gulls.<\/p>\n

It was a super day birding with a day list of 60 species.<\/p>\n

Snow Goose<\/p>\n

Chen caerulescens<\/p>\n

Brant<\/p>\n

Branta bernicla<\/p>\n

Cackling Goose<\/p>\n

Branta hutchinsii<\/p>\n

Canada Goose<\/p>\n

Branta canadensis<\/p>\n

American Wigeon<\/p>\n

Anas americana<\/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

Green-winged Teal<\/p>\n

Anas crecca<\/p>\n

Ring-necked Duck<\/p>\n

Aythya collaris<\/p>\n

Greater Scaup<\/p>\n

Aythya marila<\/p>\n

Lesser Scaup<\/p>\n

Aythya affinis<\/p>\n

Common Goldeneye<\/p>\n

Bucephala clangula<\/p>\n

Common Merganser<\/p>\n

Mergus merganser<\/p>\n

Ruddy Duck<\/p>\n

Oxyura jamaicensis<\/p>\n

Pied-billed Grebe<\/p>\n

Podilymbus podiceps<\/p>\n

Red-necked Grebe<\/p>\n

Podiceps grisegena<\/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

Turkey Vulture<\/p>\n

Cathartes aura<\/p>\n

Osprey<\/p>\n

Pandion haliaetus<\/p>\n

Red-tailed Hawk<\/p>\n

Buteo jamaicensis<\/p>\n

Black-bellied Plover<\/p>\n

Pluvialis squatarola<\/p>\n

Semipalmated Plover<\/p>\n

Charadrius semipalmatus<\/p>\n

Greater Yellowlegs<\/p>\n

Tringa melanoleuca<\/p>\n

Lesser Yellowlegs<\/p>\n

Tringa flavipes<\/p>\n

Ring-billed Gull<\/p>\n

Larus delawarensis<\/p>\n

Herring Gull<\/p>\n

Larus argentatus<\/p>\n

Lesser Black-backed Gull<\/p>\n

Larus fuscus<\/p>\n

Great Black-backed Gull<\/p>\n

Larus marinus<\/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

Blue Jay<\/p>\n

Cyanocitta cristata<\/p>\n

American Crow<\/p>\n

Corvus brachyrhynchos<\/p>\n

Common Raven<\/p>\n

Corvus corax<\/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

Golden-crowned Kinglet<\/p>\n

Regulus satrapa<\/p>\n

American Robin<\/p>\n

Turdus migratorius<\/p>\n

Brown Thrasher<\/p>\n

Toxostoma rufum<\/p>\n

European Starling<\/p>\n

Sturnus vulgaris<\/p>\n

American Pipit<\/p>\n

Anthus rubescens<\/p>\n

Common Yellowthroat<\/p>\n

Geothlypis trichas<\/p>\n

Yellow-rumped Warbler<\/p>\n

Setophaga coronata<\/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

White-crowned Sparrow<\/p>\n

Zonotrichia leucophrys<\/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

Pine Siskin<\/p>\n

Spinus pinus<\/p>\n

American Goldfinch<\/p>\n

Spinus tristis<\/p>\n

House Sparrow<\/p>\n

Passer domesticus<\/p>\n

Summer is now over and we have launched a<\/p>\n

FALL PROGRAM<\/p>\n

. Click the link to see more:<\/p>\n

Local Excursions – Nature & Wildlife – Birding & Photography<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tuesday September 25: What a most fantastic day! The sun was shining with blue skies, there was no wind, and there were birds everywhere! Starting the morning at Petrie Island with calm condition, we decided to do a full search of the woods. Black-throated Green Warblers, Chickadees, Gray Catbirds, Goldfinches, White-throated Sparrows, Yellow-rumped Warblers, Flycatchers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":2192530,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSCN5596-Pectoral-SP.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6984,5],"tags":[1079,1082,1083,1081,1078,1080],"class_list":["post-22102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blogs","category-wildlife","tag-black-bellied-plover","tag-deschenes-rapids","tag-embrun-lagoons","tag-gatineau-park","tag-pectoral-sandpiper","tag-petrie-island-ottawa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/78"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22102\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2192530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}