In 2008, I spent 3 months of the autumn (or Fall, as they insisted on calling it) volunteering at Long Point Bird Observatory, as part of the migration monitoring scheme run by Bird Studies Canada. The birding was absolutely superb, and here's a few photos from my time, shown in chronological order, so hopefully giving a feel as to what it was like witnessing the different stages of the migration.
Semi-palmated Sandpiper |
Least Sandpiper |
Red-eyed Vireo |
Black-throated Green Warbler |
Willet |
Canada Warbler |
Black-and-white Warbler |
Blackburnian Warbler and American Redstart, at the drinking pool |
Magnolia Warbler |
Northern Waterthrush |
Wilson's Warbler |
Nashville Warbler, the next WP first? |
Baltimore Oriole |
Swainsons Thrush |
Black-throated Blue Warbler |
Cape May Warbler |
Blue-winged Warbler |
Least Flycatcher |
Cedar Waxwing |
Great-crested Flycatcher |
Black-throated Blue Warbler |
Connecticut Warbler |
Wood Thrush |
Northern Harrier |
Tennessee Warbler |
Yellow-breasted Chat |
Indigo Bunting |
Hooded Warbler |
Myrtle Warbler |
Coopers Hawk |
Long-eared Owl, the best 'fondle tick' of the season |
Fox Sparrow |
Hermit Thrush |
Eastern Bluebird |
Bonaparte's Gull |
American Buff-bellied Pipit |
Red-shouldered Hawk |
Northern Goshawk |
American Tree Sparrow |
Wilson's Snipe |
Northern Saw-whet Owl. We ran a standardised ringing program for these birds, playing a tape for 4 hours after dark. This cutie was found roosting in one of the trees next to the ringing lab |
Boreal (Tengmalm's) Owl. A first for Long Point, caught during Northern Saw-whet ringing. |
American Robin |
Savannah Sparrow |
Cave Swallow. We managed to catch 6 of these birds after a flock arrived in bad weather. Only one had been ringed in Canada before! |
Rough-legged Hawk |
Red-tailed Hawk. Caught on my final day at the tip station. Having spent most of the season trying to catch a big raptor, this was an amazing way to end my time at Long Point. What a bird! |
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