[Ontbirds] Presqu'ile Shorebirds

[Richard Pope]

A heads-up for the weekend: I did not see the Long-billed Dowitchers 
today. Nor did I find a Western Sandpiper, though I looked at every peep 
repeatedly. Most of the shorebirds were hanging around Lookout 3 on the 
Owen Point Trail from Beach 4. Here there were 2 White-rumped 
Sandpipers, 4 Baird's Sandpipers, 2 Pectoral Sandpipers, plus many 
Sanderlings, Semi-palmated Plovers, Semi-palmated Sandpipers, and Least 
Sandpipers.
On the growing tombolo and Gull Island were at least 3 Whimbrel, 1 
American Golden-Plover, several Spotted Sandpipers, several Kildeer, and 
many of the above-listed commoners, plus lots of . On Sebastopol were 3 
Ruddy Turnstones, 1 Black-bellied Plover, and 1 Baird's.
The water is only knee deep out to Gull Island but is a problem if there 
are waves.
Directions as per Fred Helleiner's posting.
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