Ontbirders,
About 2 pm on Sunday we had a juvenile (well into first prebasic molt)
Long-billed Dowitcher with 8 juvenile Pectoral Sandpipers at the top
(north) end of Frenchman's Bay in Pickering in Durham Region. It called
several times, confirming our visual identification. Even though Longbills
have been widely reported this fall, we're posting this one because it's
the first in the Greater Toronto Birding Area. Also there were 2 adult
anatum-type Peregrine Falcons staying quite close together, both flying and
perching on posts in the water. They chased a juvenile Cooper's Hawk, which
was migrating west along Lake Ontario. The Cooper's flew as fast as the
Peregrines while being chased.
Directions: Park at the community centre on south side of Bayly west of
Liverpool Road about 1.5 km east of Whites Road. Walk 100 metres on trail
to the bay and continue on the muddy path through the cattails to view the
birds.
Happy birding,
Jean Iron and Ron Pittaway
Jean Iron
9 Lichen Place
Toronto ON M3A 1X3
416-445-9297
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