A Buff-breasted Sandpiper was seen briefly this morning, Sunday Aug.30th, at the far eastern edge of the Solina Road sodfarm but was not refound subsequently. Numbers of more common shorebirds however remain good, supplemented by a troupe of about 12 moulting adult American Golden-Plovers flying in about noon and staying most of the day. There are still over 100 Killdeer, several Black-bellied Plovers and Lesser Yellowlegs, and a few Semipalmated Plovers and Least and Semipalmated Sandpipers. The owners of the sodfarm are trying to drain the flooded area, but hopefully the ponds will last another day or two.
Directions: Hwy.401 to Courtice, east of Oshawa. At Exit 425 go north on Courtice Road to Hwy.2, where Courtice Road is closed for roadwork, so you have to turn anyway. Turn right, east, on Hwy.2 for 1.5km, then north on Solina Road. The sodfarm is about 3km north of Hwy.2, on the east side of Solina Road. Margaret Bain Cobourg [email protected] _______________________________________________ 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/
