Pelee, May 2003

Point Pelee 2003
Here is a gallery of a few of the more memorable birds we saw:		We had a great few days of birding. Arrived at Wheatley Provincial Park to camp on the 10th. The 11th was very cold and windy. A personal best 102 species were seen on a much brighter, warmer May 12. Left early on May 13. Birded area included Pelee National Park and Hillman Marsh.
	Sunday, May 11 and Monday, May 12 were cold and windy -- gusting 80-100 km/hr. It took some doing to get the tent up, but it stayed up -- even when we weren't inside to weigh it down. The wind and cold also kept the birds low and very inactive. Here's are a few pics of the effects on us, and the birds.
Bird list for the trip:

Double-crested Cormorant	Eastern Screech-Owl	Cape May Warbler
Great Blue Heron	Chimney Swift	Black-throated Blue Warbler
Great Egret	Ruby-throated Hummingbird	Yellow-rumped Warbler
Little Blue Heron	Red-headed Woodpecker	Black-throated Green Warbler
Green Heron	Downy Woodpecker	Blackburnian Warbler
Turkey Vulture	Northern Flicker	Palm Warbler
Canada Goose	Easter Wood-Pewee	Bay-breasted Warbler
Wood Duck	Yellow-bellied Flycatcher	Black-and-white Warbler
Gadwall	Least Flycatcher	American Redstart
American Wigeon	Great Crested Flycatcher	Ovenbird
Mallard	Eastern Kingbird	Northern Waterthrush
Blue-winged Teal	Blue-headed Vireo	Kentucky Warbler
Northern Shoveler	Warbling Vireo	Common Yellowthroat
Greater Scaup	Red-eyed Vireo	Hooded Warbler
Lesser Scaup	Blue Jay	Wilson's Warbler
Red-breasted Merganser	American Crow	Scarlet Tanager
Ruddy Duck	Horned Lark	Eastern Towhee
Bald Eagle	Purple Martin	Chipping Sparrow
Sharp-shinned Hawk	Tree Swallow	Field Sparrow
Northern Goshawk	Bank Swallow	Song Sparrow
Broad-winged Hawk	Cliff Swallow	Lincoln's Sparrow
Red-tailed Hawk	Barn Swallow	Swamp Sparrow
Black-bellied Plover	Black-capped Chickadee	White-throated Sparrow
Killdeer	House Wren	White-crowned Sparrow
Sanderling	Ruby-crowned Kinglet	Northern Cardinal
Dunlin	Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Short-billed Dowitcher	Veery	Indigo Bunting
American Woodcock	Swainson's Thrush	Red-winged Blackbird
Bonaparte's Gull	American Robin	Common Grackle
Ring-billed Gull	Gray Catbird	Brown-headed Cowbird
Herring Gull	European Starling	Orchard Oriole
Caspian Tern	Cedar Waxwing	Baltimore Oriole
Common Tern	Blue-winged Warbler	House Finch
Rock Pigeon	Nashville Warbler	American Goldfinch
Mourning Dove	Northern Parula	House Sparrow
Yellow-billed Cuckoo	Yellow Warbler
	Chestnut-sided Warbler
	Magnolia Warbler

Total: 109