TURKEY VULTURE EATING DEAD FISH & ON TREE, PRINCE EDWARD POINT NATIONAL WILDLIFE AREA, MILFORD, ON

AMERICAN ROBIN IN NEST, PRINCE EDWARD POINT NATIONAL WILDLIFE AREA, MILFORD, ON

BARN SWALLOW, PRINCE EDWARD POINT NATIONAL WILDLIFE AREA, MILFORD, ON

   We can ID this swallow as a Barn Swallow by the dark rufous throat, the lighter fufous underparts and blue-black above.

HERRING GULLS, PRINCE EDWARD POINT NATIONAL WILDLIFE AREA, MILFORD, ON

MALE BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, PRINCE EDWARD POINT NATIONAL WILDLIFE AREA, MILFORD, ON

   We can ID this warbler as a male Blackburnian Warbler as follows:

• Orange throat and upper breast.
• White wing panel.
• Sides of neck, eyestripe and line on forecrown are yellow-orange.
• Eye-arc under eye is yellow-orange.

   The Blackburnian Warbler is a new species to our Life List, which now stands at 298.

GRAY CATBIRD, PRINCE EDWARD POINT NATIONAL WILDLIFE AREA, MILFORD, ON

RED-EYED VIREO, PRINCE EDWARD POINT NATIONAL WILDLIFE AREA, MILFORD, ON

   We can ID this bird as an adult Redeyed Vireo as follows:

• Red-eye.
• Head pattern: gray crown and white eyebrow stripe bordered above and below by blackish lines.
• Bill has a small but noticeable hook at the tip of the upper mandible.
• Greenish above and whitish below (with some yellow wash).

   The Red-eyed Vireo is a new species to our Life List, which now stands at 297.