I checked Blenheim Sewage Lagoons yesterday evening and this afternoon. Not
much change from last weekend, but there are lots of birds to examine.
Most notable today was a single WILLET in pond 5. It quickly took off and I
later found it in the sprinkler cell taking a bath!
The DUNLIN is still hobbling around. Other shorebirds include:
1 White-rumped Sandpiper
7 Stilt Sandpipers, inc. 1 juv.
2 Short-billed Dowitchers
3 Black-bellied Plovers
~20 Semipalmated Plovers
~75 Lesser Yellowlegs
2 or 3 Greater Yellowlegs
~80 Semipalmated Sandpipers
~many of the other common species
Green herons and Black-crowned Night-Herons are hanging around
Lagoon Directions: Exit 401 at #90 (Communications Rd.) and head into
Blenheim. At the main stoplight turn right (west) onto Rd. 3. Travel about
1.5 km and turn right (north) onto Lagoon Rd. at the carwash, and continue
north about 1 km to gate. You must have an annual permit to enter.
Available at the Municipal Service Centre, 35 Talbot St. in Blenheim,
during business hours, fax (519) 676-0244.
Blake A. Mann
Wallaceburg
Chatham-Kent, Ontario
boatmannATkentDOTnet
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