Birding at Thistlestone

The following lists were compiled in July 2025 by Mike Cadman for an update to the Breeding Bird Atlas-3, 2025 edition. They are presented here by the kind permission of Mike. Thank you!

Mr. Cadman is a songbird biologist with the Ontario Region of the Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS), Environment Canada (retired).

July 14 2025-Blue Pond trail

  • Canada Goose 25

  • Wood Duck 5

  • Hooded Merganser 1

  • Mourning Dove 1

  • Pied-billed Grebe 3

  • Great Blue Heron 1

  • Turkey Vulture 7

  • Red-tailed Hawk 1

  • Eastern Kingbird 4

  • Warbling Vireo 1

  • Eastern Kingbird

  • Blue Jay 1

  • American Crow 1

  • Common Raven 2

  • Black capped Chickadee 2

  • Tree Swallow 2

  • Barn Swallow 7 (feeding young in air)

  • Northern House Wren

  • European Starling 6

  • American Robin 4

  • American Goldfinch 3

  • Chipping Sparrow 1

  • Field Sparrow 1

  • Song Sparrow 3

  • Red -winged Blackbird 12

  • Common Grackle 4

  • Yellow Warbler 1

  • Northern Cardinal 1

  • Indigo Bunting 1

Sighting by Keith:

  • American Bittern (April 18 2026)

  • Double-crested Cormorant (April 20 2026)

  • Osprey (April 19 2026)

July 16 2025-Red Trail and across marsh

  • Canada Goose 27

  • Wood Duck (two family groups)

  • Ruffled Grouse 1

  • Mourning Dove 2

  • Black-billed Cuckoo 1

  • Pied-billed Grebe 1

  • Green Heron 1

  • Great Blue Heron 1

  • Turkey Vulture 2

  • Belted Kingfisher 2

  • Downy Woodpecker 2

  • Hairy Woodpecker 1

  • Northern Flicker 1

  • Alder Flycatcher 1

  • Great Crested Flycatcher 2

  • Eastern Kingbird 4

  • Warbling Vireo 1

  • Red-eyed Vireo 1

  • Blue Jay 2

  • American Crow 3

  • Common Raven 1

  • Black-capped Chickadee 12

  • Barn Swallow 5

  • Cliff Swallow 1

  • European Starling 2

  • Veery 1

  • Aamerican Robin 4

  • Cedar Waxwing 3

  • American Goldfinch 10

  • Chipping Sparrow 1

  • Savannah Sparrow 3

  • Song Sparrow 3

  • Swamp Sparrow 3

  • Eastern Meadowlark 5 (family group)

  • Baltimore Oriole 1

  • Red-winged Blackbird 16

  • Common Grackle 5

  • Northern Waterthrush 1

  • Common Yellowthroat 3

  • Yellow Warbler 1

  • Northern Cardinal 1

  • Indigo Bunting 3