2023 OFO Peterborough Convention : September 21-24, 2023

Day 4: Prince Edward Point

On Sunday morning, we were up early, checked out and had a quick breakfast before meeting Mike Burrell at the Best Western at 6:20 am. We were glad to see that the light was out in Colin and Hilda’s room next to ours. They needed a good rest before the drive back to Toronto.

We were the only two birders to meet Mike and his dad, Jim.



We followed his car on a delightful 2 ¼ h morning drive to Prince Edward Point Bird Observatory. Here we met the only other participant, young Tabbathah.
The banding was just getting underway when we arrived. There was a good variety of birds for us to watch on the outside monitor and to see when the banders brought them out for release. Barbara held and released a female Indigo Bunting. We also had Nashville, Magnolia and Bay-breasted Warblers along with Red-eyed Vireo and six Brown Creepers!



We hiked out to the lighthouse seeing swans and ducks on the bay along with some Greater Yellowlegs and Killdeers. The main lake was too rough to see any birds. But on land, we saw Bald Eagle, Northern Flicker, Eastern Phoebe, Black-throated Green Warbler, Ruby-crowned Kinglet and others which Mike and his dad could see, but were too quick for us.




We hiked to Point Traverse, but saw nothing new. We returned to the banding station and said our goodbyes. We ate our lunch and watched more banding, then took off for the 3+hour drive home.



We enjoyed the conference and meeting new and old friends.

Prince Edward Point  NWA--Prince Edward Point Bird Observatory, Prince Edward, Ontario, CA
Sep 24, 2023 8:40 AM - 12:48 PM
Protocol: Traveling
6.34 kilometer(s)
57 species

Canada Goose  2
Mute Swan  22
Northern Pintail  10
Green-winged Teal (American)  2
Greater Scaup  5
Common Merganser  3
Mourning Dove  1
Killdeer  2
Greater Yellowlegs  4
Ring-billed Gull  15
Herring Gull  5
Double-crested Cormorant  10
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  1
Turkey Vulture  2
Northern Harrier  1
Sharp-shinned Hawk  1
Cooper's Hawk  1
Bald Eagle  3
Belted Kingfisher  1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  8
American Kestrel  1
Merlin  2
Eastern Phoebe  2
Red-eyed Vireo  2
Blue Jay  2
American Crow  2
Black-capped Chickadee  5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  6
Golden-crowned Kinglet  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Brown Creeper  4
European Starling  2
Gray Catbird  1
American Robin  2
Cedar Waxwing  15
American Pipit  1
American Goldfinch  20
Chipping Sparrow  1
White-throated Sparrow  10
Swamp Sparrow  1
Eastern Towhee  2
Common Grackle  2
Nashville Warbler  2
Common Yellowthroat  1
American Redstart  1
Magnolia Warbler  3
Bay-breasted Warbler  1
Blackburnian Warbler  1
Chestnut-sided Warbler  1
Blackpoll Warbler  4
Black-throated Blue Warbler  2
Yellow-rumped Warbler  3
Black-throated Green Warbler  4
Northern Cardinal  2
Indigo Bunting  1     Young female banded

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