CAPE MAY WARBLER, PRESQU'ILE PROVINCIAL PARK, BRIGHTON, ON

   We can ID this warbler as a Cape May Warbler of the bright variety as follows:

• Bright yellow throat and face.
• Eye-arcs and dark eyeline.
• Sharp, dark bill.
• Dark streaking on underparts.
• Olive-gray cap.
• White wing patch.
• Cheek patch is grayish, rather than chestnut.  This would indicate that this Cape May Warbler may be a breeding female or a juvenile.

SHOREBIRDS FORAGING AT OWEN POINT, PRESQU'ILE PROVINCIAL PARK, BRIGHTON, ON

FLIGHT OF THE SHOREBIRDS, OWEN POINT, PRESQU'ILE PROVINCIAL PARK, BRIGHTON, ON

   These shorebirds were foraging at Owen Point when all of the sudden they were flushed.  They all came back in a few minutes.  We couldn't tell what flushed them.

You can see Baitd's Sandpipers, Least Sandpipers, Semipalmated Plovers and Sanderlings in the flock.

JUVENILE SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, OWEN POINT, PRESQU'ILE PROVINCIAL PARK, BRIGHTON, ON

KILDEER, CRANBERRY MARSH, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ON

WHITE TAILED DEER, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ON

MUTE SWANS & SAILBOATS, LAKE ONTARIO, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ON