2023-05-09 Point Pelee Canada

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American Robin - Turdus migratorius — **American Robin**
*(Turdus migratorius)*

**Description:**
For my stay at Point Pelee, I camped at Wheatley Provincial Park, where my nearest neighbor was a family of American Robins.
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**Date Taken:** 2023:05:08 15:02

**Location:**

Wheatley Provincial Park
Wheatley, Ontario
Canada
643.08 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/6400

**File Name:** AmericanRobin_ZX92173_WheatleyProvPark-ON-CA

© 2023 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Pin It — **American Robin**
*(Turdus migratorius)*

**Description:**
For my stay at Point Pelee, I camped at Wheatley Provincial Park, where my nearest neighbor was a family of American Robins.
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**Date Taken:** 2023:05:08 15:02

**Location:**

Wheatley Provincial Park
Wheatley, Ontario
Canada
643.08 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/6400

**File Name:** AmericanRobin_ZX92173_WheatleyProvPark-ON-CA

© 2023 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica — **Barn Swallow**
*(Hirundo rustica)*

**Description:**
Barn Swallows must be some of the earliest arriving migrants in Canada. I found them in large numbers wherever I visited in Ontario.
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**Date Taken:** 2023:05:09 13:17

**Location:**

Point Pelee National Park
Leamington, Ontario
Canada
554.49 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000

**File Name:** BarnSwallow_ZX92921_PointPeleeNP-ON-CA

© 2023 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Black-and-White Warbler - Mniotilta varia — **Black-and-White Warbler**
*(Mniotilta varia)*

**Description:**
This Black-and-White Warbler was one of the few warbler species I met during my visit to Point Pelee in Ontario Canada.
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**Date Taken:** 2023:05:09 11:07

**Location:**

Point Pelee National Park
Leamington, Ontario
Canada
643.08 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/6400

**File Name:** Black-and-White-Warbler_ZX92456_PointPeleeNP-ON-CA

© 2023 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Canada Goose - Branta canadensis — **Canada Goose**
*(Branta canadensis)*

**Description:**
These Canadian Canada Geese treated visitors to a fly-over at the Point Pelee Marsh Boardwalk.
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**Date Taken:** 2023:05:09 14:00

**Location:**

Point Pelee National Park
Leamington, Ontario
Canada
629.95 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000

**File Name:** CanadaGoose_ZX93244_PointPeleeNP-ON-CA

© 2023 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Cape May Warbler - Setophaga tigrina — **Cape May Warbler**
*(Setophaga tigrina)*

**Description:**
This Cape May Warbler was one of the few warbler species I met during my visit to Point Pelee in Ontario Canada. Because of the limited views I had of this bird, I was only able to identify it after I looked at my images.
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**Date Taken:** 2023:05:09 11:24

**Location:**

Point Pelee National Park
Leamington, Ontario
Canada
593.86 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/6400

**File Name:** CapeMayWarbler_ZX92552_PointPeleeNP-ON-CA

© 2023 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Downy Woodpecker - Dryobates pubescens — **Downy Woodpecker**
*(Dryobates pubescens)*

**Description:**
I was surprised and delighted to find this Downy Woodpecker deep in the marsh foraging in the hollow dried reeds for insect larva and other morsels.
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**Date Taken:** 2023:05:09 13:41

**Location:**

Point Pelee National Park
Leamington, Ontario
Canada
554.49 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000

**File Name:** DownyWoodpecker_ZX93141_PointPeleeNP-ON-CA

© 2023 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias — **Great Blue Heron**
*(Ardea herodias)*

**Description:**
While exploring the Marsh Boardwalk at Point Pelee, I enjoyed watching this Great Blue Heron fly into the scene.
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**Date Taken:** 2023:05:09 13:37

**Location:**

Point Pelee National Park
Leamington, Ontario
Canada
554.49 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000

**File Name:** GreatBlueHeron_ZX93043_PointPeleeNP-ON-CA

© 2023 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Indigo Bunting - Passerina cyanea — **Indigo Bunting**
*(Passerina cyanea)*

**Description:**
One of the treats for me at the Pelee Point Marsh was meeting this Indigo Bunting.
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**Date Taken:** 2023:05:09 14:10

**Location:**

Point Pelee National Park
Leamington, Ontario
Canada
567.61 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000

**File Name:** IndigoBunting_ZX93351_PointPeleeNP-ON-CA

© 2023 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Mute Swan - Cygnus olor — **Mute Swan**
*(Cygnus olor)*

**Description:**
Mute Swans are not native to North America, but seem to be making a meager living at the Point Pelee Marsh.
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**Date Taken:** 2023:05:09 13:09

**Location:**

Point Pelee National Park
Leamington, Ontario
Canada
584.02 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/6400

**File Name:** MuteSwan_ZX92760_PointPeleeNP-ON-CA

© 2023 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Eastern Poison Ivy - Toxicodendron radicans — **Eastern Poison Ivy**
*(Toxicodendron radicans)*

**Description:**
You can look, but you better not touch.
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**Date Taken:** 2023:05:09 11:41

**Location:**

Point Pelee National Park
Leamington, Ontario
Canada
584.02 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/6400

**File Name:** PoisonIvy_ZX92584_PointPeleeNP-ON-CA

© 2023 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Red-Winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus — **Red-Winged Blackbird**
*(Agelaius phoeniceus)*

**Description:**
Red-Winged Blackbirds seem to follow me to Canada. I’ve met them nearly everywhere on this trip, from San Diego, through Kansas, Ohio, and here in Ontario.
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**Date Taken:** 2023:05:09 13:29

**Location:**

Point Pelee National Park
Leamington, Ontario
Canada
547.93 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000

**File Name:** RedWingedBlackbird_ZX92947_PointPeleeNP-ON-CA

© 2023 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Tree Swallow - Tachycineta bicolor — **Tree Swallow**
*(Tachycineta bicolor)*

**Description:**
While Barn Swallows out-numbered all swallow species here at Point Pelee in Ontario Canada, Tree Swallows came in a distant second place.
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**Date Taken:** 2023:05:09 11:14

**Location:**

Point Pelee National Park
Leamington, Ontario
Canada
610.27 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/6400

**File Name:** TreeSwallow_ZX92525_PointPeleeNP-ON-CA

© 2023 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Veery - Catharus fuscescens — **Veery**
*(Catharus fuscescens)*

**Description:**
When I met my first Veery on South Padre Island in south Texas, they were migrating north. Whether in Texas or Canada, they seem in love with the forested understory.
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**Date Taken:** 2023:05:09 11:50

**Location:**

Point Pelee National Park
Leamington, Ontario
Canada
574.18 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/6400

**File Name:** Veery_ZX92616_PointPeleeNP-ON-CA

© 2023 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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White-Crowned Sparrow - Zonotrichia leucophrys — **White-Crowned Sparrow**
*(Zonotrichia leucophrys)*

**Description:**
I’ve met White-Crowned Sparrows in many of the places I’ve traveled, and I never tire of their company.
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**Date Taken:** 2023:05:09 14:10

**Location:**

Point Pelee National Park
Leamington, Ontario
Canada
567.61 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/8000

**File Name:** WhiteCrownedSparrow_ZX93331_PointPeleeNP-ON-CA

© 2023 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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Yellow Warbler - Setophaga petechia — **Yellow Warbler**
*(Setophaga petechia)*

**Description:**
Yellow Warblers were present in large numbers wherever I visited during my 2023 expedition, from Kansas to Canada.
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**Date Taken:** 2023:05:09 11:51

**Location:**

Point Pelee National Park
Leamington, Ontario
Canada
577.46 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON Z 9, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/6400

**File Name:** YellowWarbler_ZX92678_PointPeleeNP-ON-CA

© 2023 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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American Robin

Turdus migratorius

For my stay at Point Pelee, I camped at Wheatley Provincial Park, where my nearest neighbor was a family of American Robins.

American Robin

Turdus migratorius

For my stay at Point Pelee, I camped at Wheatley Provincial Park, where my nearest neighbor was a family of American Robins.

American Robin

Turdus migratorius

For my stay at Point Pelee, I camped at Wheatley Provincial Park, where my nearest neighbor was a family of American Robins.

American Robin

Turdus migratorius

For my stay at Point Pelee, I camped at Wheatley Provincial Park, where my nearest neighbor was a family of American Robins.

American Robin

Turdus migratorius

For my stay at Point Pelee, I camped at Wheatley Provincial Park, where my nearest neighbor was a family of American Robins.

Barn Swallow

Hirundo rustica

Barn Swallows must be some of the earliest arriving migrants in Canada. I found them in large numbers wherever I visited in Ontario.

Barn Swallow

Hirundo rustica

Barn Swallows must be some of the earliest arriving migrants in Canada. I found them in large numbers wherever I visited in Ontario.

Black-and-White Warbler

Mniotilta varia

This Black-and-White Warbler was one of the few warbler species I met during my visit to Point Pelee in Ontario Canada.

Black-and-White Warbler

Mniotilta varia

This Black-and-White Warbler was one of the few warbler species I met during my visit to Point Pelee in Ontario Canada.

Canada Goose

Branta canadensis

These Canadian Canada Geese treated visitors to a fly-over at the Point Pelee Marsh Boardwalk.

This Cape May Warbler was one of the few warbler species I met during my visit to Point Pelee in Ontario Canada. Because of the limited views I had of this bird, I was only able to identify it after I looked at my images.

Cape May Warbler

Setophaga tigrina

Downy Woodpecker

Dryobates pubescens

I was surprised and delighted to find this Downy Woodpecker deep in the marsh foraging in the hollow dried reeds for insect larva and other morsels.

Downy Woodpecker

Dryobates pubescens

I was surprised and delighted to find this Downy Woodpecker deep in the marsh foraging in the hollow dried reeds for insect larva and other morsels.

Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

While exploring the Marsh Boardwalk at Point Pelee, I enjoyed watching this Great Blue Heron fly into the scene.

Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

While exploring the Marsh Boardwalk at Point Pelee, I enjoyed watching this Great Blue Heron fly into the scene.

Indigo Bunting

Passerina cyanea

One of the treats for me at the Pelee Point Marsh was meeting this Indigo Bunting.

Indigo Bunting