Six of us had a delightful day enjoying impeccable weather and each other's company starting at Rock Point Provincial Park, Ontario and working back towards Ridgeway. We were unable to gain access to the Upper Mosaic ponds in Port Maitland but none-the less saw 12 species of shorebirds during the day.
At Rock Point PP: Semipalmated Plover (6) Killdeer (lots) Lesser Yellowlegs (4) Spotted Sandpiper (6) Ruddy Turnstone (7) Sanderling (4) Semipalmated Sandpiper (10) Least Sandpiper (30) White-rumped Sandpiper (2) Baird's Sandpiper (1) Pectoral Sandpiper (1) Short-billed Dowitcher (6) Caspian Tern (2) At Lower Mosaic Ponds: Great Egret (1) Osprey (1) Wood Duck (15) Gadwall (4) Blue-winged Teal (6) Green-winged Teal (25) Northern Shovelers (6) Killdeer (some) Caspian Tern (1) Coyote (1) At Hutchinson Road turf farm: Black-bellied Plover (50) American Golden-Plover (3) Killdeer (lots) At Morgan's Point: Semipalmated Plover (1) Killdeer (4) Spotted Sandpiper (1) Semipalmated Sandpiper (4) Least Sandpiper (4) Baird's Sandpiper (2) Caspian Tern (1) At Prospect Road South, Ridgeway: Killdeer (3) Spotted Sandpiper (1) Semipalmated Sandpiper (2) Least Sandpiper (2) At Windmill Point Killdeer (4) Least Sandpiper (4) Mike Hamilton _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdshow.htm ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm
