Week 8 Paul's Update

My bird list nearly doubled last week and all from a 1 day birding trip to Grand Isle, Louisiana. This had been part of my plan from the beginning- to casually bird watch and pick up odd local birds near Peterborough and then make a big day here or there when I am traveling somewhere.

The Grand Isle trip (as chronicled in my three part blog saga) was quite an adventure. In summary, I saw a fair number of birds that will likely be observable in Ontario during summer (Great Blue Herons, American Kestrels, Northern Mockingbirds, Pied-billed Grebe), but getting them on my list now is ok. There were several other birds that I probably won't see again (Snowy Plovers, Black Vultures, Caspian Terns, Brown Pelicans). So with these birds, I am now at 51 birds and in the lead. Here is my tally for the previous week:


29 Great Egret 2/19/2013 Grand Isle, Louisiana
30 Brown Pelican 2/19/2013 Grand Isle, Louisiana
31 Belted Kingfisher 2/19/2013 Grand Isle, Louisiana
32 American White Pelican 2/19/2013 Grand Isle, Louisiana
33 Tricolored Egret 2/19/2013 Grand Isle, Louisiana
34 Laughing Gull 2/19/2013 Grand Isle, Louisiana
35 Osprey 2/19/2013 Grand Isle, Louisiana
36 Great Blue Heron 2/19/2013 Grand Isle, Louisiana
37 Double-breasted Cormorant 2/19/2013 Grand Isle, Louisiana
38 Snowy Egret 2/19/2013 Grand Isle, Louisiana
39 Reddish Egret 2/19/2013 Grand Isle, Louisiana
40 Black Skimmer 2/19/2013 Grand Isle, Louisiana
41 Snowy Plover 2/19/2013 Grand Isle, Louisiana
42 Northern Mockingbird 2/19/2013 Grand Isle, Louisiana
43 American Kestrel 2/19/2013 Grand Isle, Louisiana
44 Boat-Tailed Grackle 2/19/2013 Grand Isle, Louisiana
45 Red-Breasted Merganser 2/19/2013 Grand Isle, Louisiana
46 Pied-billed Grebe 2/19/2013 Grand Isle, Louisiana
47 Forster's Tern 2/19/2013 Grand Isle, Louisiana
48 Willet 2/19/2013 Grand Isle, Louisiana
49 Purple Martin 2/19/2013 South La Fourche, Louisiana
50 Caspian Tern 2/19/2013 South La Fourche, Louisiana
51 Black Vulture 2/19/2013 South La Fourche, Louisiana