Best Birding Day.

We had our highest total day count on Sunday- 50! We had 35 distinct species at home and the rest we saw on our way to and at Bronte Creek Provincial Park, where we saw 10 Warbler species, our single highest count of Warblers too!

Here's the breakdown of the day:
at home: Baltimore Orioles (5), Rosebreasted Grosbeak (3F, 7M), Red-winged Blackbird (5M), Am Goldfinch (50-100), Cowbird (7F, 7M), White-crowned Sparrow (11), Ruby-throated Hummingbird (1M, 1F), Tree Swallow (2), Am Crow, Red-breasted Nuthatch, N Cardinal (M and F), Grackle, Chipping Sparrow, Yellow Warbler, Downy (M and F), Rock Dove (3), Mourning Dove (2), Starling (4), House Wren, Blue Jay (3), Indigo Bunting, House Sparrow (M and F), Bluebirds (M and F- still nesting), Bartn Swallow (4), Black-capped Chickadee (2), Robin, Song Sparrow, Hairy WP (M and F), White-breasted Nuthatch, House Finch (M), Canada Goose (2), Pine Siskin, Great Blue Heron (2), Turkey Vulture, Killdeer

To/From Bronte Creek: Mallard (M and F), Eastern Phoebe, Belted Kingfisher

Bronte Creek Provincial Park (from 4-5:30 p.m.) : Eastern Kingbird (First of the year),
Bobolink, Savannah Sparrow.
Warblers seen near the Park Office: Nashville Warbler (1st sighting ever- female), Black-throated Green (female), Canada Warbler (1st ever, female and possibly a second CW in the trees), Black-throated Blue Warbler (First of the year and our first ever breeding male- we saw a female at Mountsberg last year. The male is absolutely STUNNING!!), Chestnut-sided Warbler (adult male), Yellow Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Blackburnian Warlber (another beautiful male), American Redstart (first of the year) and a Northern Parula (first of the year, a beautiful female). So to summarize, we saw a total of 10 species, 9 were new for the day, 5 were new for the year and 2 (Nashville and Canada) are new to the life list!)
It waas great viewing because the birds were fairly low in the trees and we could get a good look at them. A great birding day!!