Day Four
Yet another beautiful day - Clear, 75-81F S winds 4mph. I started slightly later (8:00am) to attend a festival leader led walk at Pearson Metropark. We had over 30 people attending -that’s a lot of eyes and ears for birding. It was a lovely park, with a very cool playground. Do you know of any parks that includes a giant Hairy Woodpecker with a climbing wall?
We walked about 1.5 miles and saw 55 species, including 15 warbler species. The highlight was the Magnolia Warbler - the first for this trip. It was also the first for one of the walk leaders for this migration, maybe this is a sign they are now arriving.
Black-and-white Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburian Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
After the walk I met up with Deb and Maura at Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge, this was their first Magee trip and they hadn’t been to Ottawa yet. We walked 1.5 miles on the Woodland Trail and saw 26 species including 8 species of warblers.
Nashville Warbler
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Palm Warbler
After our walk we took the shuttle on the wildlife drive, which took us to restricted areas of the marsh. We saw Trumpeter Swans, a Pied-billed Grebe, and a Common Gallinule, among other shorebird species. It was getting a bit warm and after all the walking it felt good to sit and take in the sites.
After the drive we of course went to the Magee boardwalk.
My friends had dinner plans so they had to leave after a bit. I continued birding the boardwalk. It was such a lovely evening I had trouble tearing myself away at 8:00pm, but after 12 hours of birding I had to stop for the day.
