At 0705 to 733 an adult Sooty Tern flew past the Long Point Provincial Park 1km west of the park boundary. The bird was originally spotted by Mike Boyd about 500m off shore heading west. It was followed by myself, Mike and Ross Wood as it continued west for a few kilometers then it began heading east until it was lost over the lake. It was viewed between 500m and 2km offshore.
Other interesting species included up to 5 Long-tailed Jaegers (2 adult, others unknown) working there way back and forth along the lake between 0645 and 0830. One Parasitic was also spotted. Other species noted were - Black-bellied Plover - 19 Am. Golden Plover - 6 Semi-P Plover - 2 Whimbrel - 1 Sanderling - 40 Ruddy Turnstone - 5 Semi-P Sand - 3 Merlin Common Tern - 200 Forsters Tern - 4 Caspian - 17 Common Loon - 5 and the usual gulls... Heading back to the shoreline - good hurricaning. P.S. Please show your support for the Biggar(Grimsby) Sewage Lagoons by emailing or calling the Mayor of Grimsby and sharing your experiences with him. Mayor Bob Bentley Phone 905 - 945 - 9634 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Address Town of Grimsby 160 Livingston Ave L3M 4G3 Stu Mackenzie c/o Long Point Bird Observatory [EMAIL PROTECTED] To get to Long Point take Hwy 401 west to Hwy 59 and follow south to Long Point. The Provincial Park is at the end of the highway. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Aug 31 11:05:54 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from tomts13-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts13.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.34]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 608E0638A4 for <[email protected]>; Wed, 31 Aug 2005 11:05:53 -0400 (EDT) Received: from brucedb4u2q8ov ([67.71.80.253]) by tomts13-srv.bellnexxia.netESMTP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <[email protected]>; Wed, 31 Aug 2005 11:09:33 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Bruce Di Labio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ontario birds" <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 11:09:59 -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]Ottawa: Hudsonian Godwits X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 15:05:54 -0000 Hi Everyone Today at 7:15am I observed a flock of 53 adult (moulting) Hudsonian Godwits at Shirley's Bay. They were resting and feeding just west of the dyke, likely brought down by the heavy rains and wind associated with the trail end of the hurricane. Other shorebirds noted between Shirley's Bay and Britannia Pier were 3 ad. Ruddy Turnstone, 22 Black-bellied Plover, 46 Semipalmated Plover, 36 Pectoral Sandpiper, 1 Baird's Sandpiper and 1 Stilt Sandpiper. heading back out, good birding Bruce Bruce Di Labio 400 Donald B. Munro Drive P.O.Box 538 Carp,Ontario,K0A 1L0 (613)839-4395 Home (613)715-2571 Cell Di Labio Birding Website Courses and Field Trips http://www3.sympatico.ca/bruce.dilabio/ Directions:Shirley's Bay: From Ottawa take Hwy. 417 west to the Moodie Drive exit and turn north (right) on Moodie Drive and continue to Carling Ave. Turn left at Carling Ave. and follow Carling to Rifle Road. Turn right (north) on Rifle Rd. Park at the lot at the end (boat launch). Walk back to the road, and continue through the gate on the Department of National Defence property. There is a trail on your right (clearly marked with vehicle "No Entry" signs) which heads into the woods, and, eventually to the dyke. **** PLEASE NOTE**** YOU MUST OBTAIN PERMISSION FROM THE RANGE CONTROL OFFICE BEFORE ENTERING THE DYKE AREA-- Call (613) 991-5740 and request permission to visit the dyke area for birding.
