Good Evening Birders
This evening between 7:30 and 8:30 Mary Schuster and I counted 35 COMMON
NIGHTHAWKS flying over the Bayview and Davisville area. Apparently they
were first reported on the Toronto hotline last Thursday night, which would
make this day 4 of the migration. Mary saw about 15 last night.
Also of possible interest for Peterborough area birders, early this morning
I found a SOLITARY SANDPIPER in Jackson Creek on the west side of Akison
Rd. This is where the railway trail crosses Akison Rd, between Lily Lake
Road to the north and Parkhill Dr. to the south. There were no other
shorebirds around, but the water level is low and there is mud, so this
area might bear watching.
On the way from Peterborough to Toronto late this morning I stopped off at
Port Hope in search of the BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER. I was unsuccessful
here. By the time I got there, (about 1030am) there was so much heat haze,
I think it could easily have been overlooked. There were a few other
birders there at the same time, and as far as I know, nobody located it.
Directions to the sod farms at Port Hope as previously posted:
Directions: From Hwy 401 take the Welcome/Port Hope exit, Exit 461, and go
north on Hwy.2 to the first traffic lights. Turn east on Dale Road, County
Road 74, for 1.5 km and turn north on Sylvan Glen Road.
Hawkins Road runs up the east side of the sod farm about 200m east of Sylvan
Glen Road and is sometimes the better viewing spot.
Good Birding
Carol
Carol Horner
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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