Date: Sunday, September 13, 2015

Start & End Time: 7:00 AM – 11:00 AM (4 hours)

Cost: $ 30.00 per person

Register: With our Sign-up form by 5:00 PM the day before.

Outing Location: Richmond Sewage Lagoons and Marlborough Forest North

Meeting Location: Tim Hortons parking lot in Richmond:https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Tim+Hortons/@45.2531016,-75.8085165,12z/data=!4m5!1m2!2m1!1stim+hortons+richmond+ontario!3m1!1s0x0000000000000000:0x4db7453828367e27

Overview, Targets, & Topics: The Richmond Sewage Lagoon is a red-hot spring and fall birding destination. Many species of migrant landbirds use this site as a migration stop over. By now (13 September) warbler diversity has peaked so we’ll be sure to work shrubs, secondary growth, and edge habitat to the bone in search of them. This site is a great one for Orange-crowned Warbler so we’ll be sure to keep an eye out for this species. Catharus thrushes: Hermit, Swainson’s, Gray-cheeked, and Veery are possible here, as are a variety of sparrows. Philadelphia Vireos should also be here, possibly skulking about in mixed species flocks. The sewage ponds traditionally hold an interesting variety of ducks, so we’ll centre them in our scopes (or binoculars) and chat about their identification features (with a special emphasis on females).