August 29th 2017
After a breakfast stop we headed east along the QEW to Oakvilles Sedgewick Forest. It was a tad quiet relative to what it was like a few days ago, but there was a few Warblers around .. Cape May, Black & White, Magnolia, Chestnut-sided and American Redstarts. Also hanging out was a couple of House Wrens and a couple of indeterminably Flycatchers (I suspect Phoebe and Pewee)
August 26th 2017
August 24th 2017
August 23rd 2017
August 21st 2017
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August 17th 2017
August 15th 2017
August 9th 2017
August 7th 2017
Another spot I hadn't been to this year was Guelph Arboretum, so being so close and looking for a location to finish off the day. We checked out the feeders first, but other than a few garden birds, there wasn't much to encourage us to get out our equipment. After moving to the opposite side of the park we found a House Wren pair that were foraging for insects in a small patch of shrubbery and for the next 15 mins or so were able to grab a few interesting shots ...
August 5th 2017
August 1st & 2nd 2017
Up at 2:00am and on the road for 2:30am with the goal being to arrive and start birding by 6:30am. Traffic was obviously pretty light at that time of the morning and I arrived at my planned starting point, just a tad north west of Kearney, at 6:15am. Almost immediately I was discovering a good selection of Warblers low in the dense scrub along the forest edge - Parulas, Magnolias, Black-throated Blues and Greens, Chestnut-sided, Nashvilles and a few Red-eyed Vireos. The next six hours were fruitful with some decent sightings and I was able to add Canada Warbler & Blue-headed Vireo to the list, during that time.
Early next day, I moved over to the west side of Highway 11 near Burk's Falls and with anticipation of another good day. The plan, similar to the previous day, was to stake out a likely looking spot for about 1/2 an hour, then move. This process had worked like a charm the day before, but sadly today ... not so much. Strange, considering the weather was very similar and that I was in the same general area (all within a 30 mile radius). Saying that I did manage at one spot to find and photograph a very cooperative Northern Waterthrush. Birding is always a case of good days and bad days, and I had one of each on this trip, so can't complain.