We are in the midst of a wonderful time of year. To witness bird migration and see it unfold between April and May is pretty amazing. This year, I have not really left Windsor --- with the price of gas I have decided to just stay a little more local. I might treat myself to a trip still to pelee though... who knows.
I typically try to go birdwatching after work - maybe at 4pm. Its not the most ideal time to go... but you take what you can get.
I could probably list out many birds I've seen but the following made the cut for this posting.
Sunday May 10th - backyard- Orange Crowned Warbler! I turned on merlin and this songster was the first to be ID'ed!
May 10th - Scarlet Tanager along the edge of ojibway park. The road - Broadway st. cuts along the north edge of the ojibway park forest and can be surprisingly good. Its like drive through birding.
Thursday May 7th - Golden Winged Warbler
Ojibway park (Black oak) was eerily quiet as I walked into the park but a small pocket of wablers gave looks at Cape May warbler, along with some other common warbs. This golden winged was present for a brief moment and boom. I had lost sight of it. It wasnt singing.
Bird #4 - American Woodcock during the day!
This might be the first time I've seen one, during the day- without instantly flushing, in my many years of birding.
Bird 5 - A bunch of seasonal warblers and vireos:
Ok - so the butterfly sighting that I mentioned in the title is pretty exciting (in my opinion). On Friday May 8th, after work at 4pm - a friend and I walked into black oak heritage park and we flushed up an orange-brown butterfly. It landed after a moment and to my amazement - it was a Harvester!!!
I have been a butterfly watcher since 2011 - and never even imagined seeing this species in Windsor! (Ihad seen it once at the pinery many years ago).
Dwayne
