[Ontbirds] Oshawa Second Marsh/Darlington Provincial Park Monday may 5 morning 7 to 11am

[Tyler Hoar]

 A large fallout of Passerines (2000+ white-throated sparrows, 16 Brown 
Thrashers, 10 species of warblers, etc.) occurred Saturday morning. By 
Monday morning the number of birds has gone down significantly, but the 
species diversity continues to rise.


Highlights Monday morning total: 120 species

Waterfowl: 21 Species including Black and White-winged Scoters, Northern 
Shoveler, Common Goldeneyes, American Wigeon, Wood Duck, 450+ Long tailed 
Ducks, 815 Red-breasted Mergansers etc.

Loons and Grebes: 2 Red-throated and 11 Common Loons. 3 Pied-billed and 1 
Horned Grebe

Green , Black-crowned and Great Blue Herons

Terns and Gulls 7 species including: 1 Forsters Tern, 1 Little Gull and 22 
Bonaparte's Gulls ( numbers for both later species dropped quickly and 
earlier this year)

2 Virginia Rails, 2 Moorhens, and 4 Coots

Raptors: 6 Species including Sharp-shinned, Cooper's and a 2007 hatched 
Female Northern Goshawk eating a Eastern Grey Squirrel in Darlington 
Provincial Park

5 Species of Woodpeckers including 1 Pileated Woodpecker

Vireos: Blue-headed, Red-eyed and Warbling

Wrens: Marsh, Sedge, House, and Winter

Flycatchers : Great Crested Flycatcher, Eastern Phoebe, Eastern Kingbird and 
Eastern Wood Pewee

Swallows: 5 species including Purple Martins

WARBLERS 13 species: Golden-winged Warbler 1, Nashville, Northern Parula 1, 
Chestnut-sided, Yellow-rumped, Black and White, Black-throated Blue, 
Black-throated Green, Pine, Palm, Yellow, Northern Waterthrush and Common 
Yellowthroat

Also seen 10+ Eastern Towhees, 10+ Brown Thrashers, Gray Catbirds, Baltimore 
and Orchard Orioles, Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, Blue-gray gnatcatchers, and 
Indigo Buntings


Direction:

Oshawa Second Marsh

Exit from the 401 at the Harmony Rd. Exit(419) in Oshawa. Go south on
Farewell St. Colonel Sam Drive. Turn East onto Colonel Sam Drive and follow
to the parking lot at the GM Headquarters. Park in the west parking lot
close to the marsh. The east (GM) platform is visible from the NW corner of
the lot.

For a trail map of the Oshawa Second Marsh area visit
 www.secondmarsh.com and check the link for a trail map of
the area

Darlington Provincial Park borders the east side Oshawa Second 
Marsh/McLaughlin Bay Nature Reserve.