[It took me over 3 hours to get home from Oakville this afternoon/evening so a write-up on the birdathon is beyond my scope for today……sorry.]

Cloud moving in early this morning with light, intermittent showers brought migrants down to earth over much of the western end of Lake Ontario. This “fallout” was witnessed both at Ruthven and Fern Hill Oakville. At Ruthven, Mike (and Jaimie) handled 93 birds – 72 of them newly banded. And at FHS-Oakville we handled 43 with 28 newly banded. But at Oakville the most noticeable thing was a species count for the day of 48 – by far the highest total we’ve had there. This included 7 species of Warblers (Canada Warbler being the highlight!).

Ruthven; Banded 72:
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1
Blue Jay 2
Swainson’s Thrush 2
Gray Catbird 7
Warbling Vireo 3
Tennessee Warbler 4
Nashville Warbler 5
Orange-crowned Warbler 1
Northern Parula 1
Yellow Warbler 14
Chestnut-sided Warbler 3
Magnolia Warbler 6
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
Myrtle Warbler 1
Blackburnian Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 1
American Redstart 1
Common Yellowthroat 4
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Baltimore Oriole 8
American Goldfinch 5

RECAPS 21:
Downy Woodpecker 2
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Gray Catbird 2
Warbling Vireo 1
Blue-winged Warbler 2
Yellow Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 3
Northern Cardinal 1
Song Sparrow 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Baltimore Oriole 3
Orchard Oriole 1
American Goldfinch 2

ETs: 53 spp.
Mike

Fern Hill-Oakville:

Banded 28:
3 Downy Woodpeckers
3 Blue Jays
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch
1 American Robin
1 Gray Catbird
1 Blue-headed Vireo

2 Black & White Warblers

1 Canada Warbler
1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak

1 Song Sparrow
2 White-crowned Sparrows

5 Red-winged Blackbirds
1 Common Grackle

2 Baltimore Orioles

3 American Goldfinches

ET’s: 48 spp.
Rick