Today, with stops at Rose Hill and Bertie Bay Roads, Prospect Point Road S., Morgan Point, Rock Point Provincial Park and sod farms along Canal Bank Rd. and Poth Roads, we had 14 species of shorebirds numbering approximately 300 individuals. We had great looks at a juvenile Whimbrel, spotted by Bill Watson from Harbourview Road, just east of Morgan Point, with feet that looked diseased but turned out to be caked with mud and grass, giving it a club-footed look. At the bay just east of Grabell Point we had good looks and much discussion regarding a juvenile Stilt Sandpiper. Our most productive stop was at Rock Point PP where there were many Semipalmated, Least and Spotted Sandpipers, Lesser Yellowlegs, Sanderlings, Semipalmated Plovers, several Pectoral and One Baird's Sandpiper, spotted by Jim Pawlicki, and 3 Rudy Turnstones. At the one remaining sod farm on Canal Bank Road we had approximately 85 Black-bellied Plovers and at least two, probably more American Golden Plovers. Off Poth Road there was a big concentration of Killdeer.
Other birds of interest were several Long-tailed Ducks at Rock Point, Blue-winged Teal and Common Mergansers at Bertie Bay Road and a huge mixed flock of terns and gulls rising and falling like smoke around Mohawk Island. Respectfully submitted, Mike Hamilton
