---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Hugh Currie <hughcurrie2014@gmail.com> Date: Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 10:05 AM Subject: Durham Fall Field Day 2020 To: Ontario Field Ornithologists <admin@ofo.ca> This event was held Sunday September 13 and was fabulously successful in spite of the covid pandemic, morning rain and a travel ban to our two best locations. We amassed a total of 166 species representing an all time record high for the 86 consecutive years of our count. We were led by Glenn Coady at Thickson woods where he saw two Cattle Egrets flying west for an all time FFD first. He also recorded Parasitic Jaeger, Sabine's Gull, Black Scoter and even a Buff-breasted Sandpiper. The forested areas N of Lake Ontario were teeming with warblers and other migrants. There were 22 species of warbler, some in huge numbers like Northern Parula at 20 and Cape May at 14. Other species of note include 5 Yellow-bellied Flycatchers (some of them singing) and a Lesser Black-backed Gull, a species not often seen in these parts. Many thanks to the Henshaw's who hosted a very enjoyable covid-safe roundup at their beautiful home near Uxbridge.