Hi folks, Given the high water conditions, we decided to focus on passerines today at the expense of a big list. About 20 of us spent the entire morning at Mud Lake in Ottawa. Five of us went on this afternoon to Sheila McKee Park (along the Ottawa River west of the city). We ended up seeing 18 species of warblers and a total of 67 species. We had some nice non-bird highlights this afternoon with multiple Red-backed and Blue-spotted Salamanders and a nice variety of insects, including my personal highlight, Eastern Hornet Fly (Spilomyia longicornis) - a spectacular yellowjacket mimic that I don't see very often. My favourite birds were a moulting Scarlet Tanager wearing almost every colour of the rainbow, a Canada Warbler, a couple Orange-crowned Warblers and 6 Philadelphia Vireos. Below is the eBird summary list for the day. I am sure some of the participants will add more once they have a chance. Thanks to the keen eyes of everyone who came out as well as to the folks who were not on the outing but helped by letting us know what they were seeing! Jeff ___ Number of Checklists: 2 Number of Taxa: 67 Checklists included in this summary: (1): Ottawa--Britannia Conservation Area (Mud Lake) Date: Sep 10, 2017, 07:40 (2): Riverfront PK, Ottawa CA-ON (45.4067,-75.9272) Date: Sep 10, 2017, 12:58 50 Canada Goose -- (1) 70 Wood Duck -- (1) 4 Blue-winged Teal -- (1) 20 Mallard -- (1) 5 American Black Duck -- (1) 1 Hooded Merganser -- (1) 1 Pied-billed Grebe -- (1) 40 Double-crested Cormorant -- (1) 2 Great Blue Heron -- (1) 3 Great Egret -- (1) 1 Green Heron -- (1) 1 Turkey Vulture -- (1) 8 Bonaparte's Gull -- (1) 50 Ring-billed Gull -- (1) 10 Herring Gull -- (1) 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull -- (1) 2 Great Black-backed Gull -- (1) 3 Belted Kingfisher -- (1) 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker -- (2) 3 Downy Woodpecker -- (1) 1 Hairy Woodpecker -- (1) 2 Northern Flicker -- (1),(2) 2 Pileated Woodpecker -- (1),(2) 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee -- (1) 9 Eastern Phoebe -- (1),(2) 1 Great Crested Flycatcher -- (1) 4 Blue-headed Vireo -- (1) 6 Philadelphia Vireo -- (1) 4 Warbling Vireo (Eastern) -- (1) 9 Red-eyed Vireo -- (1),(2) 11 Blue Jay -- (1) 6 American Crow -- (1) 2 Common Raven -- (2) 20 Black-capped Chickadee -- (1),(2) 5 Red-breasted Nuthatch -- (1),(2) 6 White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) -- (1),(2) 1 Brown Creeper -- (2) 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet -- (2) 1 American Robin -- (2) 4 Gray Catbird -- (1) 6 European Starling -- (1) 30 Cedar Waxwing -- (1) 1 Ovenbird -- (2) 3 Black-and-white Warbler -- (2) 4 Tennessee Warbler -- (1),(2) 2 Orange-crowned Warbler -- (1) 3 Nashville Warbler -- (1),(2) 2 American Redstart -- (1) 6 Cape May Warbler -- (1) 2 Northern Parula -- (1),(2) 2 Magnolia Warbler -- (1),(2) 2 Bay-breasted Warbler -- (1) 2 Blackburnian Warbler -- (2) 1 Blackpoll Warbler -- (1) 1 Black-throated Blue Warbler -- (2) 2 Palm Warbler (Western) -- (1) 3 Pine Warbler -- (1),(2) 52 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) -- (1),(2) 4 Black-throated Green Warbler -- (1),(2) 1 Canada Warbler -- (2) 1 Song Sparrow -- (1) 4 Scarlet Tanager -- (1),(2) 2 Northern Cardinal -- (1) 3 Rose-breasted Grosbeak -- (1) 5 Common Grackle -- (1) 1 Purple Finch -- (1) 3 American Goldfinch -- (1) -- Jeff Skevington, Research Scientist Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada 960 Carling Avenue, K.W. Neatby Building Ottawa, ON, K1A 0C6, Canada Phone: 613-720-2862 FAX: 613-759-1927 E-mail: jhskevington@gmail.com