Wye Marsh - May 30, 2002

Hi Gord:

I was at the Wye Marsh on Monday 27th.and 32 species of Birds were seen and alot more heard.

Highlights were a Veery along the Entrance Road,Black-Billed Cuckcoo at the Main building.Also seen were a Brown Thrasher, Gray Catbirds, Great-Crested Flycatchers, Cardinals, Goldfinches, Eastern Phoebes, Eastern Kingbirds, Canada Geese, Grackles, Mourning Doves, Yellow Warblers, Common Yellowthroats, an Ovenbird, Song and Swamp Sparrows, Tree and Barn swallows, Cowbirds, Blue Jays, Robins, Black-Capped Chickadee, Ruby-Throated Hummingbird, Red-Winged Blackbirds, Caspian Tern, Ring-Billed Gull, Great Blue Heron, Trumpeter swans, Yellow-Bellied sapsuckers, a Ruffed Grouse, and a Baltimore Oriole feeding on Tent Caterpillars. An American Bittern was heard along the Boardwalk,and Red-Eyed Vireos were also identified by song.

A Muskrat was also seen as were 28 Painted Turles Crammed onto a single log.

A Black Bear was reported on Sunday as well.

Cheer's: Garth/Innisfil
jackgarthtoads@sympatico.ca

Warblers arriving Wye Marsh - April 28, 2002

What a great day we had at the Wye Marsh on Saturday!

I would first like to thank Nick for his help in getting intouch with Bob Bowles, and giving me his Breeding Atlas Charts. I hooked up with Bob after we left the Marsh and I recieved all that I needed.

This was my first trip to the Marsh in many years for myself and the first(won't be the last) with my 2 sons aged 4.5 and 6 years. They had a terrific time seeing all the neat things in the Interpetive Centre and out on the Trails.

This is a summary of what we saw at the Marsh:

Northern Juncos				Painted Turtles (21)
Red-Winged Blackbirds			Morning Cloak Butterflies (2)
Blue Jays				Red Squirrel (1)
Double-Crested Cormorants (3)		Bull Frog (1)
American Robins				Red Trilliums
Canada Geese				White Trilliums
Trumpeter Swans (22)			Trout Lilies
Turkey Vultures (3)			Fiddleheads
Tree Swallows				May Apples
Ring-Billed Gulls			Chipmunk (1)
Mallard Ducks (1pair)
Song Sparrows
Cerulean Warbler (male)
Yellow-Rumped Warbler (female)
Yellow-Shafted Flickers (2)
Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker (female)
American Crows
Eastern Phoebe (1)
Black-Capped Chickadees
Mourning Doves
Belted Kingfisher (1)

 All in all a terrific day to be outdoors:

 Garth N. Baker/Innisfil
 jackgarthtoads@sympatico.ca

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