BERDATHON ’85 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     BY GEOFF HOGAN 
     
    
   
   
    
     The 8th-Annual Francis Bain Birdathon was held Saturday, May 25, 
     
     1985. Counters were greeted with.a bright, sunny day, a fresh breeze 
     
     and a high of 16°C. While many opted for participating in the "Birds 
     
     and Breakfast" outing at the National Park (see article in this issue), 
     
     a number of others visited points east including Souris, East Point, 
     
     Valleyfield, Baldwin's Road and another group went to Cape Tryon. The 
     
     days total by those outside the park was 75 species. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Northern Gannet 
     
    

    
     Great Cormorant 
     
     Double-crested Cormorant 
     
     Great Blue Heron 
     
     Canada Goose 
     
    

    
     American Wigeon 
     
     Northern Shoveler 
     
     Oldsquaw 
     
    

    
     Northern Harrier 
     
     Osprey 
     
    

    
     American Kestrel 
     
     Ruffed Grouse 
     
    

    
     Spotted Sandpiper 
     
     Willet 
     
    

    
     Greater Black-backed Gull 
     
     Herring Gull 
     
    

    
     Common Tern 
     
    

    
     Rock Dove 
     
    

    
     -Mourning Dove 
     
    

    
     Belted Kingfisher 
     
     Northern Flicker 
     
     Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 
     
     Eastern Kingbird 
     
     Eastern Phoebe 
     
    

    
     Least Flycatcher 
     
    

    
     Tree Swallow 
     
    

    
     Bank Swallow 
     
    

    
     Barn Swallow 
     
    

    
     Gray Jay 
     
    

    
     Blue Jay 
     
    

    
     Northern Raven 
     
     American Grow 
     
     Black-capped Chickadee 
     
     Red-breasted Nuthatch 
     
     Winter Wren 
     
    

    
     Northern Mockingbird 
     
    
   
   
    
     Gray Catbird 
     
    

    
     American Robin 
     
    

    
     Ruby-crowned Kinglet 
     
     European Starling 
     
    

    
     Solitary Vireo 
     
    

    
     Black and White Warbler 
     
     Northern Parula 
     
    

    
     Yellow Warbler 
     
    

    
     Magnolia Warbler 
     
     Yellow-rumped Warbler 
     
     Black-throated Blue Warbler 
     
     Black—throated Green Warbler 
     
     Blackburnian Warbler - 
     
     Bay-breasted Warbler 
     
     Blackpoll Warbler 
     
    

    
     Ovenbird 
     
    

    
     Northern Waterthrush 
     
    

    
     Common Yellowthroat 
     
     Wilson's Warbler 
     
    

    
     Canada Warbler 
     
    

    
     American Redstart 
     
    

    
     House Sparrow 
     
    

    
     Bobolink 
     
    

    
     Red-winged Blackbird 
     
    
   
   
    
     'Common Grackle 
     
    
   
   
    
     Brown— headed Cowbird 
     
     Rose—breasted Grosbeak 
     
     Evening Grosbeak 
     
     Purple Finch 
     
    

    
     American Golfinch 
     
     Savannah Sparrow 
     
     Northern Junce 
     
     Clipping Sparrow 
     
     White—throated Sparrow 
     
     Lincoln's Sparrow 
     
     Swamp Sparrow 
     
    

    
     Song Sparrow