2 Juvenile Red-necked Phalaropes in water of partially drained west cell. First observed at 9:45 a.m. and still present at 11:30 a.m. Seen by Diane Hasley, Michael Hasley and other birders at the site. To reach Tiny Marsh, take Hwy. 27 north of Elmvale and turn left on Simcoe Road 6. Turn left at the sign for Tiny Marsh and right into the first parking lot at 3.4 K. If you reach the Nature Centre, you have gone too far. Proceed through the opening in the chain link fence and walk on the dyke about 3/4 of the way to the observation tower. The phalaropes were in the open water to the left of the dyke and also in the narrower strips of water between the muddy patches. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Aug 5 17:56:05 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from cathy.bmts.com (mail.bmts.com [216.183.128.202]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7924464644 for <[email protected]>; Fri, 5 Aug 2005 17:56:05 -0400 (EDT) Received: from pickup (cheetah-tiv-ve3000-125-0132.bmts.com [209.240.125.132]) by cathy.bmts.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id j75LxWmS007223 for <[email protected]>; Fri, 5 Aug 2005 17:59:38 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "mike pickup" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ontbirds" <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2005 18:08:38 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 Subject: [Ontbirds]Red-necked Phalarope X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2005 21:56:05 -0000
Fred Jazvac, Margaret Anderton and myself made a trip to Mitchell today to look for the Red -necked Phalarope. We located the bird at approximately 10:00pm this morning in the second pond on the left as you walk in. Other shorebirds present were -Semipalmated Plover - Killdeer - Greater Yellowlegs - Lesser Yellowlegs - Solitary Sandpiper - Spotted Sandpiper - Baird's Sandpiper - Least Sandpiper Directions: >From the East (T.O., Guelph, KW) - take Hwy 8 thru Stratford heading west to first lights in Mitchell (Wellington St) and turn left (south) and continue till you hit the "T" intersection at the ball diamond. Lagoon cells are straight back behind the ball diamond and soccer fields and the sewage treatment plant. >From the London area....take Hwy 23 into Mitchell from the south and just after you pass the "Welcome to Mitchell" sign...watch for Frank St...go right on Frank St and head down over the bridge till you get to the ball diamond (will be on your right). Again...the cells are behind the ball diamond and soccer fields. >From Southampton area....take Hwy 21, to Goderich and then Hwy 8 to Clinton and down to Mitchell, turn south on Hwy 23 to Frank St. and turn left on Frank St. and head over the bridge to the ball diamonds (which will be on your right). Walk down the side of the soccer fields to the lagoons behind. There's lots of parking at the fields. Yours in birding Mike Pickup [EMAIL PROTECTED]
