2 juv. Buff-breasted Sandpipers were found by Roger Frost this evening, Monday August 22, on the Port Hope sod farm, and they were still feeding there at 8pm.
Several birders have been checking this area on a regular basis, but usually from Sylvan Glen Road which runs up the west side of the sod farm. The birds were not visible from that road today but were easily seen close to Hawkins Road, a small dead-end road which runs up the east side of the sod farm. They were among about 100 Killdeer. 3 nighthawks flew south as we were watching the sandpipers. Directions: Exit Hwy.401 at Port Hope/Welcome, Exit 461. Go north on Hwy.2 for less than 1km to a flashing light, where Hwy.2 turns west and Dale Road goes east. Go east about 2km on Dale Road to Hawkins Road which is only 200 metres or so east of Sylvan Glen Road, both running north from Dale Road. The birds were seen actively feeding about 200m north of Dale Road in an area where the sod farm abuts Hawkins Road and where strips of the sod are being removed. They were quite close to the road much of the time, but did fly out towards tractors in the middle of the field at one stage, returning to the edge of Hawkins Road later. Margaret Bain Cobourg [EMAIL PROTECTED] From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Aug 22 21:57:20 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from simmts12-srv.bellnexxia.net (simmts12.bellnexxia.net [206.47.199.141]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2C5363AAA for <[email protected]>; Mon, 22 Aug 2005 21:57:19 -0400 (EDT) Received: from ShannyCom ([67.70.163.238]) by simmts12-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.10 201-253-122-130-110-20040306) with SMTP id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <[email protected]>; Mon, 22 Aug 2005 21:59:44 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Don Shanahan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ontbirds" <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 21:59:45 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 Subject: [Ontbirds]Presqu'ile Dowitchers X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 01:57:20 -0000 Ontbirders This evening, just off Owen Point, I saw four or five Short-billed Dowitchers near the two Buff-breasted Sandpipers reported earlier by Fred Helleiner. Among a dozen shorebird species there were at least 50 Baird's Sandpipers. For directions, see Fred Helleiner's posting. Don Shanahan Brighton [EMAIL PROTECTED]
