This post was updated in 2024 by consolidating an unpublished 2011 trip report into it. I really didn't know how to blog back then! I also added my 2013 Big Day birding list, so it should actually be an interesting read, if you're a birder.
I’m not that much of a birder, but I do like to take on a birding challenge once in a while. I used to recognize fewer than 20 species of birds, but now it’s somewhere between 50–80.
Two years ago, in 2011, I took my first trip to Point Pelee National Park, where thousands of humans flock to see millions of migrants come in at this time of year (between April and June for the northward journey, and again around September for the southward).
Point Pelee is the southernmost part of Canada. It is the heart of Carolinian Canada, representative of an endangered ecotone — a region of similar ecology, with populations of hallmark species that interact in an ecological community. Much of the Carolinian and Mixed broadleaf forest in Canada has been needlessly destroyed by agriculture and urban development. The swath of land between Windsor and Toronto — with pockets all the way to Montreal — is heavily populated and what remains of this ecotone are only small patches and vestiges.

I submitted a trip report for a newsletter, and I’m free to share it with you:
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