Bruce Birding Club Outing – September 2/09

The BBC outing focussed on the Wiarton area.
Locations visited:

  1. Isaac lake
  2. Sky Lake
  3. Oliphant
  4. Boat Lake
  5. Wiarton
  6. Shallow Lake Wetlands
  7. en Route

Conditions: Sunny, warm. High of 20C.
Species and where seen:

  • Double-crested Cormorant # 3
  • Great Egret # 1, 2, 6
  • Great Blue Heron # 1, 6, 7
  • Green Heron # 1, 3, 6
  • Canada Goose # 1, 2, 5, 6, 7,
  • Mute Swan # 6
  • Wood Duck # 1, 2, 6
  • Mallard # 1, 2, 3, 5, 6
  • American Black Duck # 1
  • Blue-winged Teal # 1, 5
  • Black Duck # 5
  • Northern Shoveller # 5
  • Lesser Scaup # 5
  • Hooded Merganser # 1
  • Common Merganser # 5
  • Wild Turkey #7
  • Common Moorhen # 6
  • American Bittern # 1
  • Sandhill Crane #1, 7
  • Killdeer # 6
  • Greater Yellowlegs # 3
  • Lesser Yellowlegs # 3
  • Pectoral sandpiper # 3
  • Turkey Vulture # 1, 2, 5, 6, 7
  • Merlin # 1
  • Red-tailed Hawk # 1
  • American Kestrel # 1
  • Ring-billed Gull # 3, 5, 7
  • Herring Gull # 3, 5
  • Boneparte’s Gull # 5
  • Rock Pigeon # 7
  • Mourning Dove # 1, 3, 7
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird # 1
  • Barn Swallow # 1
  • American Tree Swallow # 1
  • Belted Kingfisher # 6
  • Blue Jay # 1, 2, 3, 7
  • Northern Flicker # 1
  • American Crow # 1, 7
  • Raven # 1
  • Eastern Phoebe # 6
  • House Wren # 1
  • Brown Creeper # 1
  • Black-capped Chickadee # 1, 3
  • European Starling # 1, 5, 7
  • Gray Catbird # 1
  • American Redstart # 1
  • American Robin # 1
  • Cedar Waxwing # 1, 5, 6
  • Chipping Sparrow # 1
  • Song Sparrow # 1
  • Rose-breasted Grosbeak # 1
  • Red-winged Blackbird # 1, 5
  • Common Grackle # 1, 3
  • Baltimore Oriole # 1
  • American Goldfinch # 1
  • Flycatcher species

Number of species seen – 57