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