Visited Port Perry today ... habitat was marginal for shorebirds but a beautiful marsh is forming as pond weeds and cattails move in ...
Lesser Yellowlegs - 28 Greater Yellowlegs - 3 Least Sandpiper - 16 Stilt Sandpiper - 1 - very nice! Spotted Sandpiper - 8 Killdeer - 1 Confirmed 10 species for the atlas, including Canada Goose, Mallard, Gadwall, Green-winged Teal, Song Sparrow, Veery, Red-winged Blackbird, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Indigo Bunting, & Northern Cardinal. Also had Marsh Wrens, Coot, Moorhen, Sora and Virginia Rail ... tons of dragonflies for the enthusiast Don't forget you need a permit to enter the lagoons. The permits may be purchased at the Durham Region Transfer Site located at 1623 Reach Rd, Port Perry during the following business hours .... Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and Thursday from 8:00 a.m. to 6 p.m. To get to the transfer station, travel north on Hwy 12 past Port Perry [Hwy 7A] to the next traffic lights [Regional Road 8 = Reach Rd.] and travel east to #1623 on the north side of the road. The lagoons are located one road north of the transfer site east off Hwy 12 on Concession Rd. 8 [don't get confused as, despite the fact that these roads are both numbered "8", they are two different roads - one is a regional paved road, the other a dirt concession road]. Good birding .... Please do not enter these lagoons without a valid permit. Last year's permit is not useable this year. Geoff Carpentier Ajax, Ontario "Geoff Carpentier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm for information on leaving and joining the list. As well as general information and content guidelines.
