A family outing to Oshawa's Second Marsh yielded the 8 American Avocets, 4 sitting/sleeping to the west of the viewing platform (between the leftmost log "island" and the cattails) - look to the right from the platform. The other 4 were actively feeding further to the right/north, 3 in a group and another singly, also here was a lone Greater Yellowlegs. Very good assortment of ducks here too but nothing out of the ordinary (incl. Hooded Mers, Northern Pintail, N Shoveler & American Wigeon, etc.) Along with 30+ Great Blue Heron and 30+ Double-crested Cormorant.
At Ajax Rotary Park at the mouth of Duffin's Creek we missed the Hudsonian Godwit but it had been seen about 30 minutes earlier (there is a lot of good habitat down there and the bird could easily be out of sight behind cattails). There was a nice Merlin sitting in a bare tree near the children's playground and a Killdeer down on the mudflats near all the Green-winged Teal, Gadwall and others. Good birding, Frank Pinilla Richmond Hill, ON DIRECTIONS: Oshawa Second Marsh - exit Hwy 401 at Harmony Rd/Bloor St, head south along Farewell Drive and turn left/east at Colonel Sam Drive, go to the GM building and park down in the southwest corner, walking down the path to the viewing platform. Duffin's Creek/Ajax Rotary Park - exit Hwy 401 in Ajax at Westney Rd, go south to Lake Driveway and turn right follow until you see sign to entrance of Ajax Rotary Park, park in the lot overlooking the marsh for a good spot to scan. To see to the north better, walk down to the lakeshore and head along the trail to the bridge over the Creek. The bird could easily fly up to Corner Marsh which is only 500m north of here. -- Sent from my mobile device _______________________________________________ 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/
