Photo Essay and Trip Report by Steve Arlow

CHECKLIST

Great Northern Diver (Common Loon)
8th May – Niagara, Dufferin Islands Nature Reserve: 1 flew over
12th May – Point Pelee: 1 flew along the east beach area
16th to 13th May – Algonquin: numerous and widespread being found on many of the larger lakes in pairs with the maximum count of 5 on Lake of Two Rivers on 16th May.

Slavonian Grebe (Horned Grebe)
10th May – Point Pelee: a summer plumaged bird present just off the tip

Pied-billed Grebe
13th May – St.Clears: up to 10+ birds seen around the main reserve area and further along the main track past the bungalows.

Double-crested Cormorant
Common – Seen around Lake Erie in numbers. Large colony present where the QEW crosses the Lake Ontario inlet near Hamilton and 170+ at Point Pelee 12th May.

American Bittern
10th May – Point Pelee: 1 seen in flight from the Marsh Boardwalk
13th & 14th May – St.Clears: a bird was heard booming on the 13th and seen briefly on the 14th

Great Blue Heron
Widespread
8th May – Wheatley Harbour: 3 along the river and in the marina with 2 on 10th May
10th May – Hillmans Marsh: 11 on the main marsh
12th & 13th May – Point Pelee: 1 along east beach
13th May – St.Clears: 2

Great Egret
Scarce
8th May – Wheatley Harbour: 3 along the river and in the marina with 1 again seen on 10th May
14th May – Stoney Point: 2 flew over the road
14th May – St.Clears: 1 sat in roadside field with another flying over

Green Heron
10th May – Point Pelee: 1 seen from the Marsh boardwalk in the evening
13th May – St.Clears: 2 flew over the Marsh near the car park
16th May – Algonquin: 1 flew over the road near the Opeongo Road turnoff

Black-crowned Night Heron
8th May - Niagara, Dufferin Islands Nature Reserve: 3 flew over
20th May – Toronto beach front – 1 flew by in the early morning

Mute Swan
14th May – Mitchell’s Bay: a pair were on the private marsh by the ‘log cabin’ with 8+ in the bay at the end of the road.
19th & 20th May – Toronto beach Front: several birds present

Tundra Swan
14th May – Mitchell’s Bay: a single bird was present with the small Mute Swan herd in the bay.

Trumpeter Swan
14th May – Mitchell’s Bay: a single bird was present with the small Mute Swan herd in the bay.

Canada Goose
8th & 9th May - Niagara, Dufferin Islands Nature Reserve: 10+ on the main lake
Other birds were seen at numerous wetlands and along the Toronto Beach Front.

Wood Duck
8th May – Kopergaren Woods: a pair flew over the car park.
9th May – Point Pelee: a drake flew over the Delaurier trail.
14th May – Rondeau: pair flew over the Tulip Tree Trail.

Mallard
Fairly widespread with small numbers noted at various locations from Niagara, Dufferin Islands Nature Reserve to the lakes of Algonquin.

Black Duck
15th May – Algonquin, Beaver Pond: female pair with a drake Mallard
16th May – Algonquin, Spruce Bog: pair flew over
17th May – Algonquin, Highway 60: the female x Mallard pair were on a roadside pool
18th May – Algonquin: female on Rock Lake

Gadwall
8th & 9th May - Niagara, Dufferin Islands Nature Reserve: drake present on the main pool
10th May – Hillmans Marsh: 2 on the flooded field

American Wigeon
8th & 9th May - Niagara, Dufferin Islands Nature Reserve: drake present on the main pool
10th May – Hillmans Marsh – 2 drakes seen distantly

Northern Shoveler
10th May – Hillmans Marsh: 2 drakes

Blue-winged Teal
13th & 14 May – St.Clears: 6 birds in the swamps past the bungalows

Green-winged Teal
10th May – St.Clears: 20+ distant birds

Canvasback
14th May – Trembley Beach: a distant drake out in the bay

Redhead
14th May – Mitchell’s Bay: pair on the private marsh by the ‘log cabin’

Ring-necked Duck
13th May – St.Clears: pair
14th May – Trembley Bay: pair out in the bay
14th May – Mitchell’s Bay: 150+ out in St.Clears Lake

Lesser Scaup
8th May – Lake Erie: 4 birds north of Hillmans Marsh from the Marina
10th May – Hillmans Marsh: 5 on the newly flooded field
14th May – Mitchell’s Bay: 500+ in St.Clears Bay

Long-tailed Duck
10th May – Hillmans Marsh: drake on the newly flooded field
16th May – Algonquin: 2 pairs on the Lake of Two Rivers

Bufflehead
10th May – Hillmans Marsh: female on the newly flooded field

Hooded Merganser
9th May - Niagara, Dufferin Islands Nature Reserve: female present on the main pool

Goosander (Common Merganser)
15th to 18th May – Algonquin: most birds were seen along the Opeongo Road on a daily basis.

Red-breasted Merganser
8th to 10th & 12th & 13th May – Point Pelee: 70+ birds present in the tip area and along east beach.

Ruddy Duck
10th May – Hillmans Marsh: 5 on the new floods
13th May – St.Clears: 7

Turkey Vulture
Common – seen nearly daily though numbers at Algonquin were reduced

Northern Harrier
12th May – St.Clears: 2 separate males were seen over the main marsh.
13th May – St.Clears: fine male over the marsh past the bungalows.
19th May – Carden Plain – superb male along McNamee road.

Sharp-shinned Hawk
10th May – Point Pelee: single bird over Tildens Wood trail
11th May – Rondeau: single bird along the South Point Trail
13th May – Point Pelee: single bird over the tip woods and another over the Sparrow Fields
13th May –St.Clears: 1 over

Coopers Hawk
9th May – Point Pelee: immature bird over
13th May – Point Pelee: 1 over the Sparrow Fields
14th May – Rondeau: 1 bird over

Goshawk
15th May – Route 112 north: a single bird seen from the car south of Gravehurst

Broad-winged Hawk
8th May – Point Pelee: single bird seen briefly
13th May – Point Pelee: 7+ birds over
15th to 18th May – Algonquin: 1 – 2 different birds seen several times along Highway 60
19th May – Algonquin: 1 along Highway 60 west of the West Gate

Red-tailed Hawk
13th May – Point Pelee: immature over the Loop trail
13th May – en route to St.Clears: 3 along the road
14th May – St.Clears: immature sat on roadside wire
15th & 17th May – Algonquin: adult bird by the Found Lake car park
19th May – Carden Plain – adult over McNamee Road

Bald Eagle
9th May – Point Pelee: adult over the visitor centre with an immature bird over the Tildens Trail
12th May – Point Pelee: immature seen along the Woodland Trail

Osprey
11th May – Rondeau: one flew in off the lake
13th May – Point Pelee: one along the entrance road at dawn
17th May – Algonquin: one of the Lake of Two Rivers
19th May – Route 35: a single bird over the highway

American Kestrel
9th May - Point Pelee: 1 over the Delaurier Trail
11th May – Route 3: 1 male on roadside wires briefly
14th May - Highway 401: 1 along the roadside
15th May - Algonquin: 2 seen briefly at various sites along Highway 60

Pheasant
10th May – Hillmans Marsh: 1 heard only

Spruce Grouse
16th & 17th May – Algonquin: different single males seen down to a few feet along the left trail in the very early hours.

Ruffed Grouse
18th May – Algonquin: 1 seen well but briefly along the Booth Rock Trail while several others were heard here.

Moorhen
13th & 14th May – St.Clears: up to 20 birds seen around the marsh

American Coot
13th & 14th May – St.Clears: up to 12 birds seen around the marsh
14th May – Mitchell’s Bay: 10+ on the private marsh by the ‘log cabin’

Sora Rail
10th May – Point Pelee: single bird at dusk along the Marsh Boardwalk
13th May – St.Clears: single bird flushed from close to the track

Sandhill Crane
9th May – Point Pelee: 3 birds flew low over the Woodland Trail
10th May – Point Pelee: a single bird flew over the Marsh Boardwalk at dusk

Grey Plover (Black-bellied Plover)
10th May – Hillmans Marsh: 10+ on the recently flooded field
14th May – Trembley Bay: 25+ along the shoreline
14th May – Mitchell’s Bay: a few present in Lake St.Clears

American Golden Plover
10th May – Hillmans Marsh: at least 10 flew over
11th May – Blenheim: 30+ flew over the petrol station
14th May - Trembley Bay: single bird with the Grey plovers along the shoreline

Semipalmated Plover
14th May – Mitchell’s Bay – 1 along St.Clears Lake shore

Killdeer
9th May – Route 401; 1 flew over the highway
10th May – Country Road 2: 2 in near side fields
10th May – Hillmans Marsh: 1
11th May – Rondeau: 2 South Point Trail car park
13th May – Point Pelee: 2 on the Tip
13th & 14th May – St.Clears: 6 along the main track
14th May – Mitchell’s Bay: 3

Greater Yellowlegs
10th May – Hillmans Marsh: a single bird flew over the car park

Solitary Sandpiper
14th May – Trembley Bay: 2 birds seen along the shoreline

Spotted Sandpiper
12th May – Point Pelee: 2 birds along the east beach
14th May – Trembley Bay: 2 birds along the beachfront
17th May – Algonquin: 1 along shore of Rock Lake

Upland Sandpiper
19th May – Carden Plain: 4 birds seen along the McNamee Road.

Turnstone (Ruddy Turnstone)
14th May – Trembley Bay: 20+ along the beachfront

Dunlin
10th May – Hillmans Marsh – 120+ on the new floods
14th May – Mitchell’s Bay: 50+ in the bay at Lake St.Clear

Sanderling
13th May – Point Pelee: 7 on the Tip

Least Sandpiper
14th May – Mitchell’s Bay: 12 in the bay at Lake St.Clears

Bonaparte’s Gull
Fairly common on the shores of Lake Erie but only a limited number seen at Pelee
8th May – Kopergaren Woods: a superb flight of 170+ over the car park
8th May – Wheatley Harbour: 100+ on the posts around the boats.
9th May – Hillmans Marsh: 750+ roosting on the main flooded field
9th May – Wheatley Harbour: 150+ on posts around the boats.

Ring-billed Gull
Common, most numerous and widespread gull. Many hundreds seen at Hamilton from the QEW, Niagara Falls and Hillmans Marsh.

American Herring Gull
7th May – Niagara Falls: 3
8th May – Niagara Falls: up o 20 different birds of various ages
8th & 9th May – Wheatley Harbour: 40+ birds seen out from the harbour mouth and around the boats.
Numerous birds were seen at various locations with adult birds present on several of the Algonquin lakes.

Great Black-backed Gull
8th & 9th May – Wheatley Harbour: up to 10 birds on the rocks beyond the harbour mouth
11th May – Rondeau: a 1st year flew along the beach along the South Point Trail
9th to 13th May – Point Pelee: several birds on the tip in the early morning

Caspian Tern
13th May – Point Pelee, the Tip: 6 birds on the sand bar

Common Tern
8th & 9th May – Wheatley Harbour: 5+perched on the harbour posts
9th to 12th May – Point Pelee: up to 100+ were seen around the point area

Forsters Tern
8th May – Wheatley Harbour: 1 bird in the harbour
9th to 12th May – Point Pelee: 25+ birds were present in the Common Tern flock at the tip
13th May – St.Clears: 1 over the marsh
14th May – Trembley Bay: 2 birds along the shoreline
14th May – Mitchell’s Bay: 4 birds in the bay at Lake St.Clear

Black Tern
8th May – Wheatley Harbour: single bird flew past
10th May – Wheatley Harbour: possibly the same bird again
13th May – St.Clears: 20+ birds present around the marsh with 10 still present the following evening

Mourning Dove
Common – seen mostly in the Point Pelee, Rondeau, St.Clears areas with only a few seen around Algonquin.

Feral Pigeon
Common around Toronto

Yellow-billed Cuckoo
12th & 13th May – 1 single bird flew through the tip woods on the 12th which was possibly the same bird seen perched on the beach the following day.

Great Horned Owl
13th May – St.Clears: an adult and well grown chick sat in isolated clump of trees on the right side of track 120 yards before the tower platform.
17th & 18th May – Algonquin, Booth Rock Trail: a bird was heard hooting in both the evening and early morning.

Eastern Screech Owl
12th May – Point Pelee, Woodland Trail: 1 sat near the path in a Red Cedar.

Whip-poor-will
10th May – Point Pelee, Tildens Trail: a bird sat very close the trail.

Chimney Swift
8th May – Kopergaren Woods: 1 flew low over the car park
10th May – Point Pelee: numerous birds were seen flying north along the point including several low through the trees
11th & 14th May – Rondeau: 3 flying along South Point on the 13th May with 1 on the 14th May and Tulip Tree Trails
12th May – Point Pelee: 4 flying through the Tip Woods

Ruby-throated Hummingbird
9th May – Point Pelee: male seen behind the Visitor Centre
10th May – 1 seen along the Tildens Trail in the morning with a male at the Blue Heron Picnic Site
11th May – Rondeau: male at the Visitor Centre feeders
12th May – Point Pelee: 1 along the Tildens Wood Trail, male in the Tip Woods and 1 along the
Woodland Trail
15th May – Algonquin: 1 by the Visitor centre and 2+ by the East Gate Motel
16th May – Algonquin: 1 at the feeders by the Opeongo Store
18th May – Algonquin: 1 at Opeongo Lodge
19th May – Carden Plain: 2 along the McNamee Road

Belted Kingfisher
9th May - Niagara, Dufferin Islands Nature Reserve: male present on the main pool
15th & 16th May – Algonquin: a single bird was on wires along Highway 60 on the 15th with a pair at Costello Lake along Opeongo road.

Red-headed Woodpecker
9th May – Point Pelee: 1 was on a telegraph post near the Pelee Wings store with another 2 flying along the same road.
10th May – Point Pelee: 1 flew south along the tip area
11th May – Rondeau: 1 near the Visitor Centre
19th May – Carden Plain: 1 along McNamee Road

Red-bellied Woodpecker
11th & 14th May – Rondeau: 1 on the Visitor Centre feeders

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
17th May – Algonquin: 3 along the Booths Rock Trail
18th May -Algonquin: 1 at the logging turnoff along Opeongo Road and 1 at behind the West Gate Toilet Block

Downy Woodpecker
8th May – Dufferin’s Island Nature Reserve, Niagara: 1 along the loop trail
9th May – Point Pelee: at least 2 along the Tildens Wood Trail
10th May – Point Pelee: several seen in the park today
11th May – Rondeau: 1 on the Visitor Centre feeders and 1 along Tulip tree Trail

Hairy Woodpecker
9th May – Point Pelee: 1 along the Tulip Tree Trail
10th May – Point Pelee: 1+ seen around the park this morning
11th May – Rondeau: 1 on the Visitor Centre Feeders and 1 along Tulip tree Trail
13th May – Point Pelee: 1 along the Woodland Trail
14th May – Rondeau: 2 along Tulip Tree Trail
16th May – Algonquin: 1 at the logging turnoff along Opeongo Road, 1 at the visitor centre and 1 behind the West Gate Toilet Block
17th May – Algonquin: 1 along the Booths Rock Trail

Northern Flicker (Yellow shafted)
8th May - Dufferin’s Island Nature Reserve, Niagara: 1 around the loop trails
8th May – Kopergaren Woods: 1 seen from the boardwalk
11th May – Rondeau: 1 along the South Point Trail
11th May – Route 3: 1 flew over the road
14th May – Rondeau: 1 along the Tulip Tree Trail
14th May – St.Clears: 1
16th May – Algonquin: 1 in the top car park of the Opeongo Store
18th May – Algonquin: 1 Big Pines trail
19th May – Carden Plain: 1 along McNamee Road

Pileated Woodpecker
16th May – Algonquin: male demolishing a tree near the Mizzy Lake Trail car park
19th May – Algonquin: male on a telegraph poll west of the West Gate entrance

Eastern Phoebe
19th May – Carden Plain: 1 along McNamee Road

Eastern Wood-Pewee
10th May – Point Pelee: single bird seen from a side trail from the Tildens Wood Trail
11th May – Rondeau: 1 along Tulip Tree Trail
12th May – Point Pelee: 2 along the east beach
14th May- Rondeau: 2 at Bennetts Road

Acadian Flycatcher
12th May – Point Pelee: 1 along the Woodland Trail

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
13th May – Point Pelee: 1 along the east beach near the tip

Alder Flycatcher
9th May – Point Pelee: the first bird I was happy was an Alder Flycatcher was along the Woodland
Trail.
11th May – Rondeau: 1 along the South Point Trail

Least Flycatcher
10th May – Point Pelee: 1 along the Woodland Trail shortly before the previous specie
11th May – Rondeau: 8 along the South Point Trail with 2 along Tulip Tree Trail
12th May – Point Pelee: 3 along the Tildens Wood Trail, 2 along the east beach and 1 along theWoodland Trail
13th May – Point Pelee: 2 along the Woodland Trail
14th May – Rondeau: 2 along the Tulip Tree Trail
15th &* 16th May – Algonquin: 1+ behind the West Gate Toilet Block
18th May – Algonquin: many along the Rock Lake dirt track and pair behind the West Gate Toilet Block nest building.
19th May – Algonquin: 1 along the Booths Rock Trail

Great Crested Flycatcher
10th May – Point Pelee: 1 along the West Beach Footpath near the tip
13th May – Point Pelee: 1 by the West Beach car Park
14th May – Rondeau: 1 along the Tulip Tree Trail

Eastern Kingbird
9th May – Point Pelee: 1 seen briefly
10th May – Point Pelee: at least 4 birds along the West Beach Footpath near the tip
11th May – Rondeau: 5 along the South Point Trail and car park area with 1 in Tulip Tree Trail
12th May – Point Pelee: 2 along the east beach
13th May – Point Pelee: 3 along the east beach
19th May – Carden Plain: 7 along the McNamee Road

Red-eyed Vireo
10th May – Point Pelee: 2 were seen in the park with one at the tip woods and the other along the Tildens Wood Trail
11th May – Rondeau: 2 along the Tulip Tree Trail
12th May – Point Pelee: 1 along the Woodland Trail close to the path
13th May – Point Pelee: 1 by the visitor centre
15th May – Algonquin: 1 behind the West Gate Toilet block


Warbling Vireo
9th May – Point Pelee: 1 or 2 seen along the Tildens Wood Trail
10th May – Point Pelee: 1 at the Blue Heron Picnic Site
11th May – Rondeau: 6 along the South Point Trail and 1 along Tulip Tree Trail
12th May – Point Pelee: 1 along the Woodland Trail
14th May – Rondeau: 1 along the Tulip Tree Trail

Philadelphia Vireo
9th & 10th May – Point Pelee: several seen around the park trails each morning
11th May – Rondeau: 1 along the South Point Trail

Yellow-throated Vireo
11th May – Rondeau: 1+ along the South Point Trail

Blue-headed Vireo
9th May – Point Pelee: up to 4 or 5 different birds seen around the Tildens and Woodland Trails
10th May – Point Pelee: 1 at the Blue Heron Picnic Site
11th May – Rondeau: 6 along the South Point Trail and 1 along Tulip Tree Trail
12th May – Point Pelee: 1 along Tildens Wood Trail
13th May – Point Pelee: 1 along the east beach near the tip
14th May – Rondeau: 1 along the Tulip Tree Trail
15th May – Algonquin: 1 at the Spruce Bog
16th May – Algonquin: 1 behind the West Gate Toilet Block and 1 along the Mizzy Lake Trail
19th May – Carden Plain: 1 along McNamee Road

Blue Jay
8th May – Dufferin’s Island Nature Reserve, Niagara: 1 on the edge of the main Lake
9th May – Point Pelee: 2 along the Tildens Wood Trail and 2 along Woodland Trail
10th May – Point Pelee: 2 seen along the Tildens Wood Trail
12th May – Point Pelee: 2 along Tildens Wood Trail, 2 along the east beach and 1 along the
Woodland Trail
13th May – Point Pelee: 2 the tip woods and 7 along the Woodland Trail
15th May – Algonquin: 2 by the visitor centre
16th May – Algonquin: 1 at the logging turnoff along Opeongo Road and 1 at the visitor centre
18th May – Algonquin: 1 Rock Lake Camp Site and 1 at the logging turnoff along Opeongo Road

Gray Jay
15th May – Algonquin: 1 by the Visitor centre
16th May – Algonquin: 4 adults and 1 juvenile at the logging turnoff along Opeongo Road
18th May – Algonquin: 3 adults & 4 juveniles at the logging turnoff along Opeongo Road

American Crow
Fairly widespread and fairly common though under recorded. A peak of 12 seen along the main highways between Leamington and Algonquin 15th May.

Raven
15th May – Algonquin: 1 over highway 60 and 2 by the visitor centre
16th May – Algonquin: 1 over the visitor centre
17th May – Algonquin: 1 over Highway 60


Horned Lark
13th May – St.Clears: 2 along the road to St.Clears
14th May – St.Clears: 1 in roadside field

Purple Martin
8th May – Kopergaren Woods: 2 over nearby fields
10th May – Wheatley Harbour: 4 birds at nest ‘house’
11th May – Rondeau: 2 over Tulip Tree Trail
13th May – Point Pelee: 1 over the Sparrow Field and 8 by the west beach car park
14th May – Mitchell’s Bay: 5

Northern Rough-winged Swallow
7th May – Niagara Falls: 8+ above the falls
8th May – Niagara Falls: several seen above the falls
9th & 10th May – Point Pelee: several noted along the tip area.
11th May – Rondeau: several near the South Point Trail car park

Sand Martin (Bank Swallow)
12th & 13th May - Point Pelee: several hundred seen on beach along east beach near the tip

Tree Swallow

Fairly abundant, being seen most places visited. The first 3 birds being seen at the Dufferin’s Island Nature Reserve, Niagara. Maximum counts were of 50+ along the shore at Rondeau on 11th May and 70-100+ birds along the east beach areas at Point Pelee on 12th & 13th May. Smaller numbers were noted at Algonquin.

Cliff Swallow
12th May – Point Pelee: 100+ along the east beach near the tip
13th May - Point Pelee: 200+ along the east beach, near the tip

Swallow (Barn Swallow)
Common and widespread with the highest counts coming from Point Pelee on the 12th & 13th May when 1000+ minimum were along the east beach area

Black-capped Chickadee
8th May – Dufferin’s Island Nature Reserve, Niagara: 2 around the trails
9th May – Point Pelee: several were seen along the Tildens Wood Trail
10th May – Point Pelee: several along the Woodland Trail and Tildens Woods Trail
11th May – Rondeau: 5 along the Tulip Tree Trail
14th May – Rondeau: 1 along the Tulip Tree Trail
15th – 19th May: Algonquin: commonest small bird present

Red-breasted Nuthatch
16th May – Algonquin: 1 100yards from the Mizzy Lake trail car park

White-breasted Nuthatch
11th May – Rondeau: 1 at the Visitor Centre feeders with another along the Tulip Tree Trail


Brown Creeper
16th May – Algonquin: 1 100yards from the Mizzy Lake trail car park

Carolina Wren
8th May – Dufferin’s Island Nature Reserve, Niagara: 4 by the small bridge
12th May – Point Pelee: 2 along the Woodland Trail

House Wren
9th May – Point Pelee: 1 along the Tildens Wood Trail
10th May – Point Pelee: 1 along the Woodland Trail
12th May – Point Pelee: 1 along the Tildens Wood trail

Marsh Wren
13th May – St.Clears: at least 3 birds seen distantly

Golden-crowned Kinglet
15th May – Algonquin: 1 along the Spruce Bog trail was the only sighting

Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Fairly common at Point Pelee, Rondeau and Algonquin, seen every visit to this locations

Blue-grey Gnatcatcher
9th May – Point Pelee: several seen in the tip area
10th May – Point Pelee: several seen around the park today
11th May – Rondeau: 4 along the South Point Trail
12th May – Point Pelee: 1 along Tildens Wood Trail and 2+ along the east beach
13th May – point Pelee: 1 along the east beach

Eastern Bluebird
12th May – Point Pelee: female along the Tildens Wood Trail
13th May – Point Pelee: a male along the east beach
19th May – Carden Plain: 5 along McNamee Road

American Robin
Common, seen virtually everywhere in at least small numbers

Wood Thrush
9th May – Point Pelee: 2 seen along the Tildens Wood Trail
11th May – Rondeau: 2 along the South Point Trail with 2 along Tulip Tree Trail
14th May – Rondeau: 2 along the Tulip Tree Trail
18th May – Algonquin: 2 heard singing at the Big Pines car park

Veery
9th May – Point Pelee: 4 seen in the park with 1 along the Tildens Wood trail just beyond the boardwalk, 1 further back along the Tildens Wood trail and 2 along the Woodland trail.
10th May – Point Pelee – 1 along the Tildens Wood Trail
11th May – Rondeau: 3 along the South Point Trail and 1 along the Tulip Tree Trail
14th May – Rondeau: 2 along the Tulip Tree Trail with 1 along Bennetts Road


Grey-cheeked Thrush
12th May – Point Pelee: 1 along the Tildens Wood Trail
14th May – Rondeau: 1 along the Tulip Tree Trail

Swainson’s Thrush
9th May – Point Pelee: 1 along the Tildens Wood Trail
10th May – Point Pelee: 1 along the Woodland Trail
11th May – Rondeau: 1 near the South Point Car Park
12th May – Point Pelee: 1 along the Tildens Wood Trail and 3 along the east beach
13th May – Point Pelee: the bird from yesterday along east beach still by the dead fish
14th May – Rondeau – 2 along the Tulip Tree Trail

Hermit Thrush
9th May – Point Pelee: 1 along the Tildens Wood Trail
17th May – Algonquin: 1 at the Coon Lake Camp Ground

Grey Catbird
Common in suitable habitat
8th May – Niagara Falls: 2 at the back of the main visitor car park
8th May – Kopergaren Woods: 2 by the car park
9th May – Point Pelee: numerous individuals noted along the Tildens Wood and Woodlands Trails
10th May - Point Pelee: numerous individuals noted along the Tildens Wood Trail
11th May – Rondeau: 5 along the South Point Trail
12th May – Point Pelee: 1 along Tildens Wood Trail and 1 along the east beach
13th May – Point Pelee: 1 along the east beach, 1 along the Woodland Trail and 1 by the west beach car park.
14th May – Rondeau: 12 on the Tulip Tree Trail and 3 at Bennetts Road
14th May – St.Clears: 1

Brown Thrasher
10th May – Point Pelee: pair in the loop woods at the tip
14th May – Rondeau: 2 along the Tulip Tree Trail
19th May – Carden Plain: 2 along a side track off of McNamee Road

European Starling
Common and widespread

Cedar Waxwing
8th May – Kopergaren Woods: 5 in tree’s by the car park
11th May - Rondeau: 1 by the South Point Trail Car Park

Northern Parula
9th May – Point Pelee: male along the Tildens Trail
10th May – Point Pelee: male and female at the Blue Heron Picnic Site
12th May – Point Pelee: male showing down low along the Woodland Trail
13th May – Point Pelee: male along the East Beach near the tip

Orange-crowned Warbler
9th May – Point Pelee: 2 along the Tildens Wood Trails
15th May – Rondeau: 2 along the Tulip Tree Trail

Tennessee Warbler
9th May – Point Pelee: 1 along Tildens Trail
11th May – Rondeau: 1 along the Tulip Tree Trail
13th May – Point Pelee: 1 along the Woodland Trail

Blue-winged Warbler
9th May – Point Pelee: a cracking male along the Woodland Trail
11th May – Rondeau: a male along the South Point Trail
12th May – Point Pelee: a male along Woodland trail by the small bridge.
14th May – Rondeau: a male along the Tulip Tree Trail

Golden-winged Warbler
9th & 10th May – Point Pelee: a fine male along the Tildens Trail
18th May – Algonquin: a female along the Booth Rock Trail

Nashville Warbler
Common, seen most places with highest numbers present at Point Pelee.


Yellow Warbler
Common, seen most places with highest numbers present at Point Pelee and Rondeau for example 15 at Rondeau along the South Point trail 11th May

Chestnut-sided Warbler
10th May – Point Pelee: 3+ in trees by the Blue Heron Picnic Site
11th May – Rondeau: 9 along the South Point Trail and 2 along Tulip Tree Trail
12th May – Point Pelee: 3 along the Tildens Woods Trail
13th May – Point Pelee: female along the east beach
14th May – Rondeau: 3 on the Tulip Tree Trail
15th May – Algonquin: 1 by the visitor centre
16th May – Algonquin: 3 in the top car park of the Opeongo Store and 1 behind the West Gate Toilet Block
17th & 19th May – Algonquin – male along the Booths Rock Trail


Magnolia Warbler
10th May – Point Pelee: 4+ in trees by the Blue Heron Picnic Site
11th May – Rondeau: 3 along the South Point Trail with 3 along Tulip Tree Trail
12th May – Point Pelee: 3 along the Tildens Wood Trail and 2 males along the Woodland Trail
14th May – Rondeau: 3 along the Tulip Tree Trail
15th May – Algonquin: male at the Oxtongue Picnic Site
16th May – Algonquin: 1 in the top car park of the Opeongo Store
17th May – Algonquin: 1 along the Booths Rock Trail
19th May – Algonquin: male along the Booths Rock Trail



Black-throated Blue Warbler
9th May – Point Pelee: 6+ birds during the day with most along the Tildens Wood Trail
10th May – Point Pelee – single male along the Woodland Trail
11th May - Rondeau: both male and females along the South Point Trail
12th May – Point Pelee: a males along Tildens Wood Trail and 1 male along the east beach
14th May – Rondeau: male and female along the Tulip Tree Trail
17th May – Algonquin: 2 males along the Booths Rock Trail and male along the Big Pines Trail

Cape May Warbler
13th May – Point Pelee: a female along the Woodland Trail just behind the visitor centre

Cerulean Warbler
11th May – Rondeau: male seen along the South Point Trail near the car park

Blackburnian Warbler
10th May – Point Pelee: 5 with 3 males briefly at the tip at 2 crackers at the Blue Heron Picnic area.
11th May – Rondeau: 4 males along the South Point Trail
12th May – Point Pelee: male along the East Beach near the tip
17th May – Algonquin, Booth Rock Trail: 3 males seen well

Yellow-rumped Warbler
9th May – Point Pelee: 3 along the Tildens Wood trail
10th May – Point Pelee: up to a minimum of 15 birds around the park trails with a further 6 at the Blue Heron Picnic Site
11th May – Rondeau: 7 along the South Point Trail
12th May – Point Pelee: 1 along the Tildens Wood Trail and 2 along the east beach
13th May – Point Pelee: 1 along the east beach
13th May – St.Clears: 3 along near the car park
15th May – Algonquin: 2males and 1 female at the Spruce Bog
16th May – 2 in the Opeongo store top car park, 1 behind the West Gate Toilet Block and 2 at
Lake of Two Rivers
17th May – Algonquin: 3 males along the Booths Rock Trail
18th May – Algonquin: 4 along the Booths Rock Trail and 1 at the logging turnoff along Opeongo
Road

Pine Warbler
11th May – Rondeau: a probable seen in rain along the South Point Trail

Black-throated Green Warbler
Fairly numerous
9th May – Point Pelee: several along the Tildens Wood and Woodland Trails
10th May – Point Pelee: several along the Tildens Wood trail with 5 more at the Blue Heron Picnic Site
11th May – Rondeau: 7 along the South Point Trail and 3 along the Tulip Tree Trail
12th May – Point Pelee: 2 along the Tildens Wood Trail and 1 along the east beach
13th May – Point Pelee: 1 along east beach near the tip and 1 along the Woodland Trail
14th May – Rondeau: 3 along the Tulip Tree Trail
16th May – Algonquin: 1 behind the West Gate Toilet Block
17th May – Algonquin: 1 along the Booths Rock Trail and 2 along the Big Pines Trail

Palm Warbler
9th May – Point Pelee: 2 birds along the Tildens Wood Trail by the boardwalk with 1 still present following day.
11th May – Rondeau: 2 by the South Point Trail car park
12th May – Point Pelee: 3 along the East Beach near the tip
13th May – Point Pelee: 1 along the East Beach near the tip

Bay-breasted Warbler
10th May – Point Pelee, male along Tildens Wood Trail
11th May – Rondeau: male and female along the South Point Trail
18th May – Algonquin: male along the Booth Rock Trail

Prothonotary Warbler
14th May – Rondeau: male along Bennetts Road

Black-and-white Warbler
Common
8th May – Kopergaren Woods: fine male by the car park
9th May – Point Pelee: up to 20 birds seen at various places around the park
10th May – Point Pelee: still plentiful around the park with 4 at the Blue Heron Picnic site
11th May – Rondeau: 8 along the South Point Trail and 7 along Tulip Tree Trail
12th May – Point Pelee: 1 along the Tildens Wood Trail
13th May – Point Pelee: 1 along the east beach near the tip
14th May – Rondeau: 1 along the Tulip Tree Trail and 1 at Bennetts Road
16th May – Algonquin: 1 in the top car park of the Opeongo Store, 1 behind the West Gate
Toilet Block and 1 along the Mizzy Lake Trail
17th May – Algonquin: 1 along the Booths Rock Trail

American Redstart
Fairly abundant
9th May – Point Pelee: at least 2 males along the Tildens Wood Trail
10th May – Point Pelee: male at the Blue Heron Picnic Site
11th May – Rondeau: male and female along the South Point Trail and 2 males and 1 female along
Tulip Tree Trail
12th May – Point Pelee: 2 males and 2 females along the Tildens Woods Trail, a male along east
beach and a male along the Woodland Trail
14th May – Rondeau: male along the Tulip tree Trail and male and female at Bennetts Road
17th May – Algonquin: male along Opeongo Road and male along the Booths Rock Trail
18th May – Algonquin: male along the Both Rock Trail
19th May – Algonquin: 2 and 1 female males along the Booth Rock Trail

Northern Waterthrush
8th May – Kopergaren Woods: 1 behind the car park
9th May – Point Pelee: 1 along the Shuster Trail on the left side 100 yards from the main visitor
car park and the other by the Tildens Wood Board Walk
10th May – Point Pelee – The same Shuster Trail bird seen again
12th May – Point Pelee – The Shuster Trail bird still present
18th & 19th May – Algonquin: a singing bird located along the Booths Rock Trail singing from the tops of pines.

Ovenbird
9th May – Point Pelee: 3 with 1 along the Tildens Wood Trail by the boardwalk
11th May – Rondeau: 1 along Tulip Tree Trail and 1 along Bennetts Road
16th May – Algonquin: 1 along the Spruce Bog Trail
17th May – Algonquin: same bird as yesterday along the Spruce Bog Trail and 1 along the Booths Rock Trail

Kentucky Warbler
12th May - Point Pelee, Tildens Wood Trail: A fine male showed well along a low ditch

Mourning Warbler
11th May - Rondeau, South Point Trail: male
12th May - Point Pelee, Woodland Trail: male

Common Yellowthroat
9th May – Point Pelee: male along the Tildens Trail and 3 males at the Delaurier Trail
10th May – Hillmans Marsh: male + 1 pair
10th May – Point Pelee: up to 12 males and 8 females along the Marsh Boardwalk
11th May – Rondeau: female along the South Point Trail
12th May - Point Pelee: 2 males and 1 female along Tildens Wood Trail, a male along east beach and 10 along the Woodland trail by the small bridge/boardwalk
13th May – Point Pelee: several birds seen along various trails
13th May – St.Clears: 3 males seen
14th May – Rondeau: several birds along the Tulip Tree Trail
14th May – Mitchell’s Bay: pair
17th May – Algonquin: 1 along the Booths Rock Trail

Wilson’s Warbler
12th & 13th May – Point Pelee, Tip / East Beach: a male was seen on the eastern side of the tip area along the beach.

Canada Warbler
10th May – Point Pelee: male on sidetrack just off of Tildens Trail
11th May - Rondeau: male along Tulip Tree Trail
12th May – Point Pelee: male along the Woodland Trail
14th May – Rondeau: male along Tulip Tree Trail
18th May – Algonquin: male along the Booth Rock Trail

Hooded Warbler
12th & 13th May – Point Pelee, Tip / East Beach: a superb male was seen on the eastern side of the tip area along the beach.

Scarlet Tanager
9th May – Point Pelee: male along the Tildens Wood Trail
10th May – Point Pelee: 1 males seen flying south along the tip, 1 male along the Woodland trail
and male at the Blue Heron Picnic Site
11th May – Rondeau: 2 males and a female along the Tulip Tree Trail
12th May – Point Pelee: male along the east beach near the tip and a male on the Woodland
Trail
13th May – Point Pelee: 3 females on the east beach near the tip
18th May – Algonquin: male behind the West Gate information centre toilet block

Northern Cardinal
Fairly numerous at Dufferin Island Nature Reserve at Niagara, Point Pelee, Rondeau and
Wheatley Harbour. Not recorded at Algonquin.

Rose-breasted Grosbeak
9th May – Point Pelee: female along the Tildens Wood Trail
10th May – Point Pelee: 2 females in the Tip Woods
11th May – Rondeau: male along the South Point Trail with 2 males at the visitor centre feeders
12th May – Point Pelee: male along the Tildens Wood Trail and male along the Woodland Trail
13th May – Point Pelee: 2 females along the Woodland Trail
14th May – Rondeau: 2 males at the visitor centre feeders with 3 males and 2 females along
Tulip Tree Trail
15th, 16th & 18th May – Algonquin: pair behind the West Gate Toilet Block

Indigo Bunting
10th May – Point Pelee: at least 25 were seen flying south over the tip
12th May – Point Pelee: male along the Woodland Trail
13th May – Point Pelee: a fine male along the east beach

Eastern Towhee
9th May – Point Pelee: 1 along the Tildens Wood Trail with 2 at the Delaurier Trail
10th May – Point Pelee – 1 or 2 seen around the park
11th May – Rondeau: 1 along the South Point Trail with 1 by the visitor centre feeders and 3
along Tulip Tree Trail

Chipping Sparrow
11th May – Rondeau: 2 at the South Point Car Park with 2 by the Visitor Centre feeders
13th May – Point Pelee: 1 along the east beach
15th May – Algonquin: 2 at the Oxtongue Picnic Site
16th May – Algonquin: 1 in the Opeongo Lodge car park
18th May – Algonquin: 2 Rock Lake

Savannah Sparrow
19th May – Carden Plain: 4+ along the McNamee road

White-throated Sparrow
Common, seen virtually everywhere with the largest counts at Point Pelee and Rondeau with
daily maximums of 30 and 20 respectively.

White-crowned Sparrow
Common though less obvious than White-crowned Sparrow preferring to be more conspicuous. Most abundant at Point Pelee, Rondeau and Algonquin though also recorded at Niagara.

Song Sparrow
8th May – Dufferin’s Island Nature Reserve, Niagara: 2 by the main lake
11th May – Rondeau: 1 along the Tulip Tree Trail
14th May – Mitchell’s Bay: 1
16th May – Algonquin: 1 along the Opeongo Road
18th May – Algonquin: 2 along the Booths Rock Trail
19th May – Carden Plain: 1 along the McNamee Road

Fox Sparrow
10th May - Hillmans Marsh: 1 seen briefly only
16th May – Algonquin: 1 seen briefly along Highway 60

Lincoln’s Sparrow
9th & 10th May – Point Pelee: 2 along the Tildens Wood Trail
10th May – Hillmans Marsh: 1 seen
12th May – Point Pelee: 1 along the Woodland Trail
13th May – St.Clears: 1 along the approach track

Swamp Sparrow
9th May: Point Pelee: 1 or 2 were on the pool on the left along Shuster Trail just past the car
park 10th May: Point Pelee: the birds from yesterday still present plus 1 along the
Marsh boardwalk.
12th May – Point Pelee: 1 along the Tildens Wood Trail
14th May – Rondeau: 2 along the Tulip Tree Trail

Dark-eyed Junco
13th May - St.Clears: a male seen briefly on the lawn of the bungalows.

Eastern Meadowlark
19th May – Carden Plains: 5+ in grassy fields along McNamee road

Bobolink
13th May – Point Pelee: 3 flew south over the tip area.
19th May – Carden Plains: 12-15 showed well in grassy fields along McNamee Road

Brown-headed Cowbird
Fairly numerous and widespread in the south but not as common as Red-winged Blackbird or Common Grackle. Absent from Algonquin.

Yellow-headed Blackbird
14th May – Mitchell’s Bay: up to 6 – 8 males seen in the private marsh by the ‘Log Cabin’

Red-winged Blackbird
Common – seen virtually everywhere

Brewers Blackbird
9th May – Point Pelee: 3 around the visitor centre car park area

Common Grackle
Common – seen virtually everywhere

Orchard Oriole
Less common than Baltimore Oriole.
9th May – Point Pelee: up to 5 in the park
10th May – Point Pelee: up to 15 around the park
11th May - Rondeau: 1 along the South Point Trail
12th May - Point Pelee: 5+ around the Woodland and East Beach areas
13th May – Point Pelee: singing male by the visitor centre

Baltimore Oriole
Common
8th May – Dufferin’s Island Nature Reserve, Niagara: 2 by the main lake
9th May – Point Pelee: up to 12 birds were seen around the trails
10th May – Point Pelee: many were seen flying south off of the tip and as many as 50 birds were
probably seen in the park today.
11th May – Rondeau: 17 along the South Point Trail, at least 3 at the visitor centre feeders
and 6 along the Tulip Tree Trail.
12th May – Point Pelee: 4 along the east beach near the tip, 4 along the Tildens Wood Trail and 1 along the Woodland Trail
13th May – Point Pelee: 2 along the Woodland Trail and 1 at the west beach car park
14th May – Rondeau : 2 at the visitor centre feeders with 5 along the Tulip Tree Trail
19th May – Carden Plain: 1 flew over McNamee

Evening Grosbeak
15th May – Algonquin: 5+ by the visitor centre
16th May – Algonquin: 6 in the top car park of Opeongo Lodge and 12+ by the park visitor centre.
17th May – Algonquin: 6= still present by the visitor centre car park
18th May – Algonquin: several still by the visitor centre
19th May – Algonquin: 3 by the Rock Lake Toilet block

Purple Finch
16th May – Algonquin: pair + 1 female behind the West Gate information toilet block
17th May – Algonquin: female at the Spruce Bog Boardwalk
19th May – Algonquin: singing male along the Booths Rock Trail

House Finch
9th May – Point Pelee: Pair along the tip by the solar Panel
10th May – Point Pelee: several birds seen along the tip area
13th May – St.Clears: up to 6 birds along the road to Mitchell’s Bay
14th May – St.Clears: 3 males still present along the road to Mitchell’s Bay

Common Crossbill
18th May – Algonquin: 38+ flew over the Booths Rock Trail

Two-barred Crossbill (White-winged Crossbill)
17th May – Algonquin: male by the Found Lake car Park
18th & 19th May – Algonquin: several birds mixed in with the Common Crossbill flock on the 18th with 5+ the next day.

Pine Siskin
16th May – Algonquin, Spruce Bog: 3 birds flew over calling
19th May – Algonquin, Booths Rock Trail: 2 along the trail

American Goldfinch
8th May – Kopergaren Woods: several birds flew over the car Park
9th – 13th May – Point Pelee & Rondeau: common, seen regularly especially at the Rondeau visitor centre feeders
17th May – Algonquin: several birds were seen in flight around various parts of the park

House Sparrow
Common – seen around most human habitation and around the main car parks of Point Pelee and Rondeau.

MAMMALS

Chipmunk Seen at Rondeau and more commonly at Algonquin where encountered regularly

Red Squirrel Numerous individuals seen at various locations around Algonquin

Grey Squirrel Quite common and found in many wooded locations. There was a melanistic form
that was fairly abundant and widespread.

Moose Algonquin – female and well grown calf across the Opeongo road 16th May
Algonquin – female along Highway 60 on 16th May
Algonquin – female along the upper Booths Rocks Trail 17th May
Algonquin - female and well grown calf across the highway 60 on 18th May
Algonquin – buck along Highway 60 on 17th May with a different buck on
18th May
(a total of 6 Moose were seen in Algonquin on the 18th)
Algonquin – female along the Rock Lake track 19th May

White-tailed Deer Point Pelee, Park Road 2 - 12th May
Rondeau, Tulip Tree Trail 2 - 14th May
Algonquin, Highway 60 1 – 15th May

Hare Specie Rondeau 1 - 11th May

Snowshoe Hare Several seen in Algonquin with 1 along the upper Booths Rocks trail 17th May, 1 along the lower Booths Rock Trail 18th May, 1 at Lake of Two Rivers 16th May

Beaver Regularly seen in Algonquin with best location being the Opeongo Lake and road where up to 8 animals were seen in the evening of 16th May

Otter Algonquin – 1 across highway 60 on 18th May

Red Fox Algonquin - Opeongo Road: 1 across the road and another along the Logging Track

Muskrat Several seen at the Dufferin’s Island Nature reserve with many seen at St.Clears

Possom Point Pelee – 1 was seen along the west beach trail 9th May.