Hi All, Coming home from work tonight, I drove past Muddy Creek wetlands across from the Omstead Plant in Wheatley.
There were 34 Great Egrets, 17 Great Blue Herons, two green herons and four Black-crowned Night Herons wading the shallows. There was also a flock of 30+ shore birds lift off from the flats near the road, but I didn't get a good look at them. Most of the egrets were in the water, so I couldn't see any bands. Also a loose flock of 10 Common Nighthawks over the house just at dusk. Brett Groves Leamington, Ontario To get to Muddy Creek - From the lights in Wheatley, head south along County Road #1, and turn right onto Deer Run Road. The wetlands are to the north of the road. Watch for Tomato wagons as the harvest is in full swing now. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Sep 2 08:04:11 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from gouda.execulink.net (gouda.execulink.net [199.166.6.56]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEABB644DB for <[email protected]>; Fri, 2 Sep 2005 08:04:07 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mur.odyssey.on.ca (ppp170.ac1.56k.execulink.com [209.239.5.170]) by gouda.execulink.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id j82C8Aa13839 for <[email protected]>; Fri, 2 Sep 2005 08:08:10 -0400 Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.0.9 Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2005 08:10:09 -0400 To: [email protected] From: Dave Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: [Ontbirds]Little Gulls at Port Burwell X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2005 12:04:12 -0000 We spent a few hours on September 1 at Port Bruce and Port Burwell on Lake Erie in Elgin County watching for storm waifs - none found. On the beach at Port Burwell Provincial Park were 10 Little Gulls (2 adult, 6 subadults, 2 spectacular juveniles) amongst 100+ Common Terns, and 250+ Bonaparte's Gulls. Also, present was the first adult Great Black-backed Gull we've seen this fall. We see Little Gulls annually at Port Burwell and Port Bruce from mid July through to mid October, sometimes in numbers. Other counts of over 10 birds on Port Burwell beach include 14 birds on July 19 2001 and 10 birds on August 4, 2003. High counts at Port Bruce of birds flying by or fishing off the Catfish Creek mouth are 6 on September 14, 1996 and 9 on October 4, 2002. Other interesting sightings were record early American Pipits at Port Bruce (1 on August 31 and 1 on September 1). We heard both birds giving the two note 'pipit flight call" as they went over but dismissed it as something else until the Sept 1 bird landed in front of us on the beach. The earliest previous fall record for Elgin County was September 16. Port Burwell is on Lake Erie at the east end of Elgin County about 20 km south of Tillsonburg. The provincial park is on the west side of Otter Creek which empties into Lake Erie at Port Burwell. Hwy 19 is one way of getting to Port Burwell from Hwy 401. Dave Martin and Linda Wladarski Harrietsville, ON [EMAIL PROTECTED]
