Stops along the way

Three shades of rain squall...

Chillin' in the wind-break woods

Lake Erie on the horizon

Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens

Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata

White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys

Somewhere on the endless 401

Tourist trap? Surprisingly birdy!

The sacred texts!

Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis

  I was able to sneak in some roadside birding at some ‘non-birding’ stops along the way to and from Pelee.


”A Farm,” Wheatley, Ontario, September 25, 2022
  I hung out in and around a little woods, on a farm just north of Lake Erie. There was a respectable cross-section of migrants in the tiny patch, with 19 species logged in two hours. Highlights were a Gray-cheeked Thrush, and ripples of Blue Jays percolating through the treetops.


Big Apple Tourist Trap, Colborne, Ontario, September 27, 2022
  At an apple-shaped tourist trap in Colborne, I headed down a little hill to the “The Big Apple Tranquillity Trail.” The little wooded bit below the fake pond was shockingly birdy, with 19 species spotted in 30 minutes, including a decent sprinkling of warblers, and four species of sparrow. It would be hilarious if someone found a mega there someday.