Despite the weather and the Covid pandemic we had a very successful bird count on the May 9th weekend.

This spring has been unusually cool resulting in a stalled spring bird migration. From reports from across Ontario, it appears that some species are showing up 7 to 10 days later than average. Other species that did arrive, especially the insect specialists, are likely having a difficult time with the temperatures we are experiencing.

We birded the Marsh's Falls property on both Saturday and Sunday and managed to record 32 species of birds including three new species: Broad-winged Hawk (pictured above), Blue-headed Vireo and White-crowned Sparrow.

We had eight families that participated in the Lake of Bays stay-at-home challenge and, as a group, tallied 45 species! Together, the final result is 51 species of birds recorded for the weekend!