Got down to the tip and was full of optimism as the
temperature had risen to a mighty nine degrees Celsius and was due to rise to
fourteen later today – and we had a moderate southerly wind with an overcast sky.
However, there was nothing doing until several Blackburnian Warblers suddenly appeared, then a Nashville, a couple of Parulas, Red-eyed Vireo, and best of all a stonking male Cape May Warbler
dropped out of the sky.
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| Loved this male Cape May Warbler |
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| Cape May Warbler |
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| Cape May Warbler |
It was buzzing for a little while, as several Warbling Vireos appeared along with quite a few other commoner migrants
and I really thought we were going to experience a big fall.
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| Warbling Vireo |
But that was it
and everything petered out. So we went up to the Visitor Centre and had some
soup before driving up to Hillman Marsh – seeing a close Song Sparrow and more Wood Ducks en-route. But the marsh was
pretty quiet and things were brought to an abrupt end shortly after our arrival
by a Peregrine dive-bombing the
waders.
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| Song Sparrow |
Back at Pelee we got the Northern Mockingbird at one of the car parks and a Clay-coloured
Sparrow at another.
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| Clay-coloured Sparrow |
We also checked out our favourite spot at the
Blue Heron Trail, where Magnolia Warbler and an American Redstart were the
highlights. So then it was once again on the tram down to the tip and we had
more of the same warblers as earlier with at least 3 Parula Warblers, Black-throated Green Warblers and
others.
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| Northern Parula |
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| Northern Parula |
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| American Redstart |
An unsuccessful search for the reported Nelson’s Sparrow along West Beach ended our day and another great
meal at Ray’s Ribhouse was the icing on the cake.
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