Common Birds of Ontario Canada Point Pelee

The golden grail of Point Pelee — this swamp warbler occasionally appears along the Marsh Boardwalk in May, causing the park's famous "warbler frenzy" among assembled birders.

Brilliant red males perched in new-leaf oaks are one of May's most stunning sights — fallout conditions following northwest winds can produce dozens in a single tree.

Arrives from Mexico in spectacular numbers during the third week of May — brilliant orange-and-black males feeding on nectar and insects in flowering crab apples.

Males are pure crystalline blue in direct sunlight — Point Pelee trails in the third week of May can produce dozens in a single morning walk, perched on every shrub and wire.

The male's midnight-blue-and-white plumage and the white "handkerchief" spot on the wing make it one of the most distinctive warblers — common at Pelee in peak migration weeks.

Arrives in the third week of May — its buzzy "bee-buzz" song is a key target sound for birders walking Pelee's woodland paths during the peak migration window.

Generally considered to produce the most beautiful song of any North American bird — the fluting, reverberant phrases echo through Pelee's mature woodland at dawn and dusk.

North America's largest warbler-adjacent bird — its bizarre, ventriloquial song of whistles, cackles, and croaks makes it the sound of Ontario's shrubby thicket edges.