{"id":787,"date":"2015-08-28T22:58:51","date_gmt":"2015-08-28T22:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/?p=787"},"modified":"2015-09-30T16:22:26","modified_gmt":"2015-09-30T16:22:26","slug":"birding-the-shirleys-bay-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/?p=787","title":{"rendered":"Birding the Shirleys Bay Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Thursday, August 27th<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I birded NCC Shirley&#8217;s Bay Waterfront Trail (Trail 10) from just before 0630 AM to just after noon. Amazing birding! Northwesterlies overnight = many landbirds were present and I knew I had to get on them quickly, so, I arrived shortly after dawn.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>My walk route was:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Park at Barry Mullen\u00a0Park<\/li>\n<li>Walk side trail to half way between Trail 10 D and E<\/li>\n<li>Walk to checkpoint D, then C, then B, then A, then F, then E<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a link to the NCC Trail System map. Trail 10 is the first trail on the map: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncc-ccn.gc.ca\/sites\/default\/files\/pubs\/nccgreenbelttrails-ceintureverduresentiersccn.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.ncc-ccn.gc.ca\/sites\/default\/files\/pubs\/nccgreenbelttrails-ceintureverduresentiersccn.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I took my time and crept throughout the trail network, <em>pishing <\/em>every time I encountered a flock (first detected by chirping of ANY kind). I like to hide my silhouette when I pause to <em>pish<\/em> and generally, I crouch down; breaking the silhouette really helps to keep birds around and curious, I find. Anytime there are chickadees, I let out a loud &#8220;PSSHHH&#8221; and hope they come and chicka-dee-dee all around me. That particular scenario happened a few times throughout my walk, and I racked the species up very quickly as they came through at eye level to investigate what was going on. With\u00a0<em>pishing<\/em> I never go overboard. Often, a solid 10 second bout can sustain the curiosity of a mixed flock for quite a while&#8230;.the key, I&#8217;ve found, is remaining motionless, completely silent,\u00a0 and concealed as I work on the ID&#8217;s of the birds present. Anyhow, on to the birds!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/009-800x420.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-788\" src=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/009-800x420-300x158.jpg\" alt=\"009 (800x420)\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/009-800x420-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/009-800x420.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wilson&#8217;s Warbler<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/012-800x409.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-789\" src=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/012-800x409-300x153.jpg\" alt=\"012 (800x409)\" width=\"300\" height=\"153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/012-800x409-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/012-800x409.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to chickadees, this Yellow-bellied popped up from dense cover to investigate what all the fuss was about. In late summer\/early fall here in Ottawa, when I find Yellow-bellied Fly&#8217;s, I find them in dense, complex cover and at, or just above, eye level.<\/p>\n<p>** See at bottom of this page for some comments on the variation of Yellow-bellied Flycatcher plumage **<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/015-506x524.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-790\" src=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/015-506x524-290x300.jpg\" alt=\"015 (506x524)\" width=\"290\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/015-506x524-290x300.jpg 290w, https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/015-506x524.jpg 506w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another view of the Yellow-bellied. Such a gorgeous bird!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/017-800x441.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-791\" src=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/017-800x441-300x165.jpg\" alt=\"017 (800x441)\" width=\"300\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/017-800x441-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/017-800x441-672x372.jpg 672w, https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/017-800x441.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While walking just W (roughly 300 m) of parking lot P2 off of Carling, I slammed on the brakes when I thought I heard the\u00a0<em>hee-errr\u00a0<\/em>raspy opening note of the song of a Yellow-throated Vireo. I conducted Species at Risk surveys for Cerulean Warbler throughout Frontenac Provincial Park this summer and fell even MORE in love with Yellow-throated Vireos in the process (my fav bird). I absolutely love their song. Anyways, I sprinted along the trail, adrenaline flowing, and\u00a0<em>pished.\u00a0<\/em>A few seconds later, out pops a Canada Warbler, then two Black-throated Greens, then several Red-eyed Vireos, then some chickadees&#8230;&#8230;.no Yellow-throated. I <em>pished <\/em>some more&#8230;.still no Yellow-throated appearing in the canopy. Then&#8230;.I heard a sequence of scold notes that set my heart aflame; the Yellow-throated was about 10 m from me, right at eye level.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/021-800x529.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-792\" src=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/021-800x529-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"021 (800x529)\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/021-800x529-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/021-800x529.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ovenbird<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/022-800x412.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-793\" src=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/022-800x412-300x155.jpg\" alt=\"022 (800x412)\" width=\"300\" height=\"155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/022-800x412-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/022-800x412.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Female Black-throated Blue&#8230;note the &#8220;handkerchief&#8221; mark at the base of its primaries.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/023-800x380.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-794\" src=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/023-800x380-300x143.jpg\" alt=\"023 (800x380)\" width=\"300\" height=\"143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/023-800x380-300x143.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/023-800x380.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>V-err&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;V-err&#8230;<\/em>goes the inquisitive Veery<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/032-800x352.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-795\" src=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/032-800x352-300x132.jpg\" alt=\"032 (800x352)\" width=\"300\" height=\"132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/032-800x352-300x132.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/032-800x352.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A beautiful Canada Warbler. Perhaps a first fall female given the light necklace and very limited black in the face.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/033-800x591.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-796\" src=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/033-800x591-300x222.jpg\" alt=\"033 (800x591)\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/033-800x591-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/033-800x591.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>First male Black-throated Blue for the day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/040-800x411.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-797\" src=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/040-800x411-300x154.jpg\" alt=\"040 (800x411)\" width=\"300\" height=\"154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/040-800x411-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/040-800x411.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Black-throated Blue was foraging just above eye level, right next to the trail! (same bird as above)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/041-800x447.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-798\" src=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/041-800x447-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"041 (800x447)\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/041-800x447-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/041-800x447.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Female Black-throated Blue. Note the sharp eyebrow, white under-eye arc, dark lores, and grayish cheek; gives off a &#8220;masked&#8221; look, doesn&#8217;t it? \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/043-800x366.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-799\" src=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/043-800x366-300x137.jpg\" alt=\"043 (800x366)\" width=\"300\" height=\"137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/043-800x366-300x137.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/043-800x366.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Traill&#8217;s&#8221; Flycatcher (Alder\/Willow); robust, dark, limited eye ring, big bill, long and esp. broad tail.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/047-800x488.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-801\" src=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/047-800x488-300x183.jpg\" alt=\"047 (800x488)\" width=\"300\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/047-800x488-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/047-800x488.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bay-breasted Warbler. What can I say&#8230;I am no wizard with my camera. I do what I can to survive on fallout days!!<\/p>\n<p>eBird Checklist: <a href=\"http:\/\/ebird.org\/ebird\/canada\/view\/checklist?subID=S24784660\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/ebird.org\/ebird\/canada\/view\/checklist?subID=S24784660<\/a><\/p>\n<p>__________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Friday August 28<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>3 Philadelphia Vireo, 1 Blackpoll Warbler, 1 adult male Mourning Warbler, and a single Olive-sided Flycatcher = the highlights along a 600 m stretch of path just N of the Watt&#8217;s Creek Pathway (0700 &#8211; 0900 h). Parking lot is nondescript&#8230;.right across from Rifle Road, off of Carling Ave.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/002-800x423.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-806\" src=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/002-800x423-300x159.jpg\" alt=\"002 (800x423)\" width=\"300\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/002-800x423-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/002-800x423.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Olive-sided Flycatcher along Greenbelt Pathway W, just N of Watt&#8217;s Creek Pathway. This trailhead can be accessed off of Carling. Rifle Road is the road directly across from this trail.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/004-800x416.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-807\" src=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/004-800x416-300x156.jpg\" alt=\"004 (800x416)\" width=\"300\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/004-800x416-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/004-800x416.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>First Blackpoll of the season! Note from this angle and in poor light: very long wings, short tail, dark eyeline, bright eye arc, <em>fine <\/em>bill (Bay-breasted have a stout bill)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/007-800x491.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-808\" src=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/007-800x491-300x184.jpg\" alt=\"007 (800x491)\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/007-800x491-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/007-800x491.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Better view of the Blackpoll. A large, husky, long winged n short-tailed warbler with a <em>fine, <\/em>not stout, bill. Note the dark eyeline cutting through the bright eye arcs; and the fine streaks to the chest.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday, August 27th I birded NCC Shirley&#8217;s Bay Waterfront Trail (Trail 10) from just before 0630 AM to just after noon. Amazing birding! Northwesterlies overnight = many landbirds were present and I knew I had to get on them quickly, so, I arrived shortly after dawn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=787"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1019,"href":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787\/revisions\/1019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eontbird.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}