Tommy Thompson is one of my regular haunts but I have to admit that 5 km walk back from the point can be a bit demoralizing. You often feel like it was a "quiet" day and that you didn't see that much as you groan into your car with sore feet, only to realize (like you did) that you saw 48 species! Although it's painful I still prefer walking with my camera and binoculars at the ready rather than biking with a backpack. Great video!
Thanks for another fun video. The Yellow Leggs and the Dowitcher look like they should be the same bird species. I would go mad trying to keep them all apart. Of course the yellow legs are a dead giveaway for the one, but the Dowitchers looks like the same bird with darker legs.
Shorebirds during the fall in our area are all in grey/white plumage and are some of the most challenging birds to identify, so don't feel too bad! We've only really begun paying closer attention to them this year and it's been a steep learning curve.
Good morning to both of you from Hong Kong 🇭🇰 SAR. I had seen both the Common Kingfisher and the Javan Kingfisher just two to three months ago along the beachfront promenade near and around the estuary in the New Territories of Hong Kong 🇭🇰 SAR. Also, I recently discovered that Hong Kong 🇭🇰 not only has the Cinerious Tit, but also the Japanese Tit. These are not rare birds in our area, but I rarely see them this season.
@@ShaynaCossetteBirding Thanks Shayna. It's definitely becoming a tougher time of year, but the bonus is that we're on a prime migration path... so we get a few rarities cropping up like this Dowitcher. Happy birding, Shayna!
Another good video, thanks for posting and congrats on the L-b Dowitcher. My wife and I have had 6 3-wk birding trips across most of Canada, my wife's fav country! BTW your small flock of American Crows look like Common Ravens to me. Long winged, noticeable protruding head/bill, shaggy throat feathers (one bird) and their long, wedge-shaped tails.
They could be ravens. Have to admit, I didn't look too closely. When it's a group, it's often crows. But I appreciate that's not a very diagnostic way of looking at them! Happy birding!
@@JohannaML1 The frustrating thing is that we've seen several in the last few weeks, but failed to get them on camera, which is one of our rules. But we will keep on trying!
That's a pretty nice total for October Big Day!! I think I had 51 species at Pelee this year on Oct 12. Glad the Long-billed Dowitcher stuck around for you for a couple days. I saw some in Texas earlier in the year, but have never seen one in Ontario. Looking forward to seeing what else you find before the year is up!
@@HaydenEpp Thanks. Sometimes it feels like it's not going as well as you actually are at TTP, with how massive the place is! The Dowitcher was quite special. Nice and close and it didn't care at all 😊
@@BritHikesOntario I totally know the feeling of feeling like it's not going well and ending up with a good total at the end of the day! Part of birding sometimes I guess.
Was lucky enough to see a Long billed Dowy a number of years ago at Shapwick Heath NNR. Saw Short billed that same year in Weymouth UK. Great waders for sure. Grats on the new lifer. :)
Great question and maybe I should talk about it in a future video. We have a list of species for Ontario and for our trip to Sax-zim Bog. The highlight species for Sax-zim Bog are the owls. There are also species like Boreal Chickadee, Pine Grosbeak, Black-backed Woodpecker, Ruffed Grouse - which are possible in Ontario in the winter, but we missed them at the beginning of the year and it involves travelling quite far north. I think we have failed on a few species that we have to forget about now because it's getting too cold. Virginia Rail, Bank Swallow, Wilson's Snipe are some examples of big misses. As for Ontario, American Pipit, Ruddy Duck (somehow missed this last winter), Snow Goose... should all be do-able as we head towards winter. Lastly, we get some shorebirds that migrate through during fall. Like the Long-billed Dowitcher. Anything like that would be a bonus and we will try to get to any sightings as soon as our fulltime jobs and family commitments allow us to. I think we stand a solid chance of making it if we can get maybe... 7 or 8 more birds before Sax-zim Bog and a lot of that might depend upon some wayward bonus shorebirds turning up.
@@BritHikesOntario according to your list, you still don't have the Bohemian Waxwing and the Northern Gray Shrike. I'm curious about your goal until the end of the year. 🙂
@@sylvainmathieu3887 Yep, both of those have been difficult for us. We've chased Boho's twice this year and Northern Shrike three times.... we actually saw a Shrike a couple of weeks ago and failed to get the camera on it before it flew away. We will keep trying!
Thanks so much for sharing another wonderful video like always you are getting very close to your goals ♥️🐦📷
Thank you Miguel! Nearly there 😊
I was with you on Pen D!!!
@@JohannaML1 Oh yeah? The person crouched down as we arrived? Feel free to say hi if you see us again 😊
A super video. I love Tommy and I always watch your videos, trying not to forget how beautiful this place is. Congratulations Sarah and Stu!
Thanks for the lovely comment, we appreciate it!
Congrats on the lifer, come on 280!
Haha thanks. I'm feeling slightly more confident 😃
Tommy Thompson is one of my regular haunts but I have to admit that 5 km walk back from the point can be a bit demoralizing. You often feel like it was a "quiet" day and that you didn't see that much as you groan into your car with sore feet, only to realize (like you did) that you saw 48 species! Although it's painful I still prefer walking with my camera and binoculars at the ready rather than biking with a backpack. Great video!
Yeah, you have a good point. You'd probably miss a fair bit if you were on wheels.
Thanks for another fun video. The Yellow Leggs and the Dowitcher look like they should be the same bird species. I would go mad trying to keep them all apart. Of course the yellow legs are a dead giveaway for the one, but the Dowitchers looks like the same bird with darker legs.
Shorebirds during the fall in our area are all in grey/white plumage and are some of the most challenging birds to identify, so don't feel too bad! We've only really begun paying closer attention to them this year and it's been a steep learning curve.
Good morning to both of you from Hong Kong 🇭🇰 SAR. I had seen both the Common Kingfisher and the Javan Kingfisher just two to three months ago along the beachfront promenade near and around the estuary in the New Territories of Hong Kong 🇭🇰 SAR.
Also, I recently discovered that Hong Kong 🇭🇰 not only has the Cinerious Tit, but also the Japanese Tit. These are not rare birds in our area, but I rarely see them this season.
@@markshen3280 love the common kingfisher! Used to see them occasionally when I was growing up back in The UK.
That was great footage of the long-billed dowitcher.
Cheers Nathan!
Congratulations on a very successful big day! I think I only saw 6 species that day but most of our migratory species had already left the far north
@@ShaynaCossetteBirding Thanks Shayna. It's definitely becoming a tougher time of year, but the bonus is that we're on a prime migration path... so we get a few rarities cropping up like this Dowitcher. Happy birding, Shayna!
Another good video, thanks for posting and congrats on the L-b Dowitcher. My wife and I have had 6 3-wk birding trips across most of Canada, my wife's fav country! BTW your small flock of American Crows look like Common Ravens to me. Long winged, noticeable protruding head/bill, shaggy throat feathers (one bird) and their long, wedge-shaped tails.
They could be ravens. Have to admit, I didn't look too closely. When it's a group, it's often crows. But I appreciate that's not a very diagnostic way of looking at them!
Happy birding!
@@BritHikesOntarioAs i mentioned in another comment, I was in the park that day and saw no crows but many, many ravens
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I saw a pipit that day on pipit point, but it was very secretive
@@JohannaML1 The frustrating thing is that we've seen several in the last few weeks, but failed to get them on camera, which is one of our rules. But we will keep on trying!
That's a pretty nice total for October Big Day!! I think I had 51 species at Pelee this year on Oct 12. Glad the Long-billed Dowitcher stuck around for you for a couple days. I saw some in Texas earlier in the year, but have never seen one in Ontario. Looking forward to seeing what else you find before the year is up!
@@HaydenEpp Thanks. Sometimes it feels like it's not going as well as you actually are at TTP, with how massive the place is!
The Dowitcher was quite special. Nice and close and it didn't care at all 😊
@@BritHikesOntario I totally know the feeling of feeling like it's not going well and ending up with a good total at the end of the day! Part of birding sometimes I guess.
Was lucky enough to see a Long billed Dowy a number of years ago at Shapwick Heath NNR. Saw Short billed that same year in Weymouth UK. Great waders for sure. Grats on the new lifer. :)
Thanks Marcus.
It's been a learning curve this year, picking up the shorebirds. Now I'd like to see them in their breeding plumage!
I'm on vacation working on a big fortnight, 4 day left, 57 species so far 22 of which are lifers.
Very nice! Good luck!
Looks like a nice day for Global Big Day. What remaining species are possible for your year? Do you have target list for the last two months?
Great question and maybe I should talk about it in a future video.
We have a list of species for Ontario and for our trip to Sax-zim Bog. The highlight species for Sax-zim Bog are the owls. There are also species like Boreal Chickadee, Pine Grosbeak, Black-backed Woodpecker, Ruffed Grouse - which are possible in Ontario in the winter, but we missed them at the beginning of the year and it involves travelling quite far north.
I think we have failed on a few species that we have to forget about now because it's getting too cold. Virginia Rail, Bank Swallow, Wilson's Snipe are some examples of big misses.
As for Ontario, American Pipit, Ruddy Duck (somehow missed this last winter), Snow Goose... should all be do-able as we head towards winter.
Lastly, we get some shorebirds that migrate through during fall. Like the Long-billed Dowitcher. Anything like that would be a bonus and we will try to get to any sightings as soon as our fulltime jobs and family commitments allow us to.
I think we stand a solid chance of making it if we can get maybe... 7 or 8 more birds before Sax-zim Bog and a lot of that might depend upon some wayward bonus shorebirds turning up.
@@BritHikesOntario according to your list, you still don't have the Bohemian Waxwing and the Northern Gray Shrike. I'm curious about your goal until the end of the year. 🙂
@@sylvainmathieu3887 Yep, both of those have been difficult for us. We've chased Boho's twice this year and Northern Shrike three times.... we actually saw a Shrike a couple of weeks ago and failed to get the camera on it before it flew away.
We will keep trying!
@@BritHikesOntario oh yeah, I forgot you have to get it on camera!!