The following is a list of birds spotted (and verified) on Greystones property in 2015. Photos will be added over time.
Birds are listed by month and in the sequence they were first seen to help study migration paths. Locations have been noted where possible to help guide you in spotting them (be sure to print off a copy of our PDF trail map for easier exploration of Greystone Trails).
Robin
MAY
- Pileated Woodpecker (Annex)
- Downy Woodpecker (Annex)
- Hairy Woodpecker (Annex)
- Ruby Throated Hummingbird (Annex)
- Scarlet Tanager (Annex)
- Eastern Phoebe (Creek Trail)
- Black Capped Chickadee (Greenhouse)
- Blue Jay (Greenhouse)
- Gray Catbird (Escarpment Ponds)
- White Crowned Sparrow (Greenhouse)
- Chipping Sparrow (Greenhouse)
- White Breasted Nuthatch (Annex)
- Brewer’s Blackbird (Annex)
- Brown Headed Cowbird (Greenhouse)
- American Goldfinch (Observatory)
- Red Winged Blackbird (Beaver Pond)
- Northern Flicker (Annex Trailhead)
- Robin (most Trails)
- American Redstart (Annex)
- Ruby Crowned Kinglet (Annex)
- Mourning Dove (Retreat)
- Double Crested Cormorant (Georgian Bay)
- Northern Cardinal (Oak)
- Common Loon (Georgian Bay)
- Canada Goose (Georgian Bay)
- Mallard Duck (Georgian Bay)
- Northern Shoveler (Georgian Bay)
- Common Merganser (Georgian Bay)
- Cedar Waxwing (Annex)
- Eastern Wood Peewee (Inner Loop)
- Blackburian Warbler (Annex)
- Turkey Vulture (Escarpment Ponds)
- Wild Turkey (Observatory)
Robin eggs and hatchling
JUNE
- Gray Jay (Escarpment Ponds)
- Ring Billed Gull (Georgian Bay)
- Bobolink (Outer Loop North)
- Northern Harrier (Outer Loop)
- Brown Thrush (
- Northern Pintail (Georgian Bay)
- Orchard Oriole (Grey Road 1)
- Red Eyed Vireo (
Robin hatchlings
JULY
- Belted Kingfisher (Georgian Bay)
- Eastern Kingbird (Outer Loop)
- Indigo Bunting (Outer Loop)
- Yellow Warbler (Escarpment Ponds)
- Ruffed Grouse (Ironwood at Homestead)
- Common Yellowthroat (Escarpment Ponds)
- Black Headed Grosbeak (House)
- Herring Gull (Georgian Bay)
- Ring Billed Gull (Georgian Bay)
- Alder Flycatcher (Ironwood)
- Warbling Vireo (Ironwood)
Belted Kingfisher
AUGUST
- Piping Plover (Retreat shoreline)
- Red Breasted Nuthatch (Greenhouse)
Plover?
SEPTEMBER
- Willow Flycatcher (Escarpment Ponds)
- Northern Rough Winged Swallow (Brow)
- Field Sparrow (
- Boreal Jay (Annex, House, Retreat)
- Bald Eagle (Georgian Bay)
- Sandhill Crane (Georgian Bay)
- Common Merganzers (Georgian Bay)
- Mute Swan (Georgian Bay)
- Great Egret (Georgian Bay)
- Great Crested Flycatcher (Escarpment Ponds)
Great Blue Heron
OCTOBER
- Northern Bobwhite (Escarpment Ponds)
- Field Sparrow (Greenhouse)
Field Sparrow rescued from greenhouse
