May 25, 2008: Southern Ontario Birding (Long Point and Rock Point)

Today we birded at several locations along the north shore of Lake Erie, in Southern Ontario: Long Point Bird Banding Station, and Rock Point Provincial Park. We also got some nice shots along the way in Wainfleet, Ontario..

Purple Martin in Wainfleet, Ontario


Long Point Bird Observatory:

Yellow Warbler

Blackburnian Warbler

American Redstart

Wilson's Warbler

Magnolia Warbler

Above and Below: Black Throated Blue Warblers

Tree Swallow

Rock Point Provincial Park:

Dunlins

Least Sandpiper

Sanderling

Above Four: Ruddy Turnstones

Semipalmated Plover

Song Sparrow

Least Sandpiper

Above Three: Dunlin

TODAY'S LOCATIONS (INTERACTIVE)

August 26, 2007: Rock Point, Ontario Shorebird Watching and Long Point, Ontario (11 PHOTOS, 9 BIRD)

Today, we participated in the Buffalo Ornithological Society's fall Lake Erie Shorebird Field Trip, back at Rock Point Provincial Park, near Dunnville, Ontario. (See August 12, 2007 post). We again got some nice photos here, and it was nice to talk to other birds to help us with our piper ID skills! We also made a brief stop at the Long Point, Ontario area afterwards. We also noted the large windfarm between Long Point and Port Burwell. (info here)

Semipalmated Plover
Ruddy Turnstone
Semipalmated Sandpiper

Ruddy Turnstone

Semipalmated Plover

Least Sandpiper?

Caspian Tern flyover

Long Point photos:

Magnolia Warbler

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (there were many here!)

I like this shot of a Monarch Butterfly, also migrating

The Erie Shores wind project, near Port Burwell

INTERACTIVE MAP OF TODAYS LOCATIONS