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Monday, May 23, 2016

MALE BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, PRINCE EDWARD POINT NATIONAL WILDLIFE AREA, MILFORD, ON

   We can ID this warbler as a male Black-throated Green Warbler by its black bib and yellow face, the thick black stripes on its flank and the two wing bars (you can just make out the start of these in the photo).


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