Hi All, I managed to sneak out to the lagoons this morning Aug 8th and found the Red Knot still in the right side (western most) cell on the thin island strip feeding with several Greater Yellowlegs.
A great bird...very attractive in its alternate plumage! I live only minutes from these lagoons and spend lots of time visiting and observing the shorebird numbers here during migration. Red Knots have certainly been uncommon. The last observation at the Mitchell lagoons was about 6 or 7 years ago and involved a small flock of 10 individuals. Thanks to Rob and Cheryl for a nice find. :) I also had a really close look at a Snipe at the closest end of the same island. No sign of any phalaropes today. It's been a great start to the shorebird migration here in Mitchell....let's hope it continues. Good Birding! Dave J Brown Mitchell, ON [EMAIL PROTECTED] Directions to Mitchell Lagoons: >From the East (Guelph, Kitchener-Waterloo, GTA) - 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. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Aug 8 20:33:45 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from smtp-out1.hurontel.on.ca (smtp-out1.hurontel.on.ca [216.46.129.246]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18766643EF for <[email protected]>; Mon, 8 Aug 2005 20:33:45 -0400 (EDT) Received: from johnarljoup0mk (ipgateway.quadro.net [216.46.130.231]) j790eGZp015046 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 8 Aug 2005 20:40:23 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Antony John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2005 20:42:05 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Red Knot still at Mitchell X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2005 00:33:45 -0000 Aug 8, 7 pm, the Red Knot was still present in the western cell of the Mitchell lagoon complex. There is a small hidden cell against the north link fence boundary that seemed to be holding the majority of the 'peeps'. Good numbers of least sandpipers, semipalmated sandpipers, pectoral sandpipers, semipalmated plovers, and two white rumped sandpipers were there. Also, green winged teal and wood duck are starting to use the area. Yours organically, Antony John From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Aug 9 09:04:01 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from mailhub.cs.uoguelph.ca (mailhub.cs.uoguelph.ca [131.104.96.75]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D29376416A for <[email protected]>; Tue, 9 Aug 2005 09:04:00 -0400 (EDT) Received: from frodo.cs.uoguelph.ca (frodo.cs.uoguelph.ca [131.104.94.43]) by mailhub.cs.uoguelph.ca (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j79DDIuD022770 for <[email protected]>; Tue, 9 Aug 2005 09:13:18 -0400 Received: from frodo.cs.uoguelph.ca (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by frodo.cs.uoguelph.ca (8.12.11/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j79DDHs0002245 for <[email protected]>; Tue, 9 Aug 2005 09:13:18 -0400 Received: (from [EMAIL PROTECTED]) by frodo.cs.uoguelph.ca (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id j79DDH55002232 for [email protected]; Tue, 9 Aug 2005 09:13:17 -0400 Received: from adsl-216-94-27-81.kwic.com (adsl-216-94-27-81.kwic.com [216.94.27.81]) by webmail.uoguelph.ca (IMP) with HTTP for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Tue, 9 Aug 2005 09:13:17 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 09:13:17 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 3.2.4 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.44 Subject: [Ontbirds]Buff-breasted Sandpiper - Townsend Sewage Lagoons - Aug 8 X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2005 13:04:01 -0000 Hello All, On Monday Aug 8 there was a Buff-breasted Sandpiper (probably adult) working its way through the 200 + other shorebirds in the first cell from the entrance. It spent most of it's time on the drier spit. Other species of note at the Lagoons were: Semipalmated Sandpiper - 140+ 3/4 adult Least Sandpiper - 25 - mostly juv. Pectoral Sandpiper - 35 Greater Yellowlegs - 15 Lesser Yellowlegs - 40 Killdeer - 60 Short-billed Dowitcher - 3 Semipalmated Plover - 20 Whimbrel have started to show up on Long Point in small numbers with an individual on the south beach on Aug 2 and individuals at the Tip on the 4th and 6th. A Willet was on Bluff Bar in the middle of Long Point Bay on August 7th. Other migrant highlights at the Old Cut Field Station at the base of Long Point during the past week include: Louisiana Waterthrush - Aug 3rd Mourning Warbler - Aug 4th Black and White Warbler - Aug 6th Yellow Warbler migration has been pretty thick this past week at Long Point with mostly moulting adult females and juveniles moving. There have been respectable numbers of Least and Traill's Flycatchers and Yellow-bellied Flycatchers have been observed daily since the 5th. There have also been small movements of Northern Waterthrush and Ovenbirds. Eastern Kingbirds have also been moving this past week with small flocks moving over Old Cut and a large concentration in the western end of Long Point Provincial Park, upwards of 100 birds on Aug 6th. The Fall Migration Monitoring season officially starts at the Long Point Bird Observatory on August 15th. Cheers, Stu Mackenzie Long Point Bird Observatory Program Coordinator Long Point Bird Observatory c/o Bird Studies Canada 115 Front Rd., P.O. Box 160 Port Rowan, ON. N0E 1M0 (519) 586-3531 ext. 223 BSC/LPBO Office (519) 586-2885 LPBO Old Cut Field Station (519 586-3532 Fax Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.bsc-eoc.org/Lpbo.html
