Piping Plover still there at 11:30 - feeding actively on beach near old boathouse. Lots of sandpipers - more than Tyler reported plus one White-rumped. Also 7 Arctic Terns flew by at 11:35 (3) and 11:40 (4) - one was vocalizing. In the Hollow - lots of warblers including several Canadas, Tennessee, Parula, Blackpoll etc and a Black-billed Cuckoo.
Check out my new website photo page to see a couple of pictures of the plover. www.avocetnatureservices.com Directions - from Tyler: Oshawa Second Marsh Exit from the 401 at the Harmony Rd. Exit(419) in Oshawa. Go south on Farewell St. Colonel Sam Drive. Turn East onto Colonel Sam Drive and follow to the parking lot at the GM Headquarters. Park in the west parking lot close to the marsh. The east (GM) platform is visible from the NW corner of the lot. To the Barrier Beach head south to the lake and then east along the shoreline Geoffrey Carpentier www.avocetnatureservices.com _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
