OFO Rock Point Provincial Park and Eastern Lake Erie Shore Trip August
8, 2010
31 participants from 0800 to 1330 hours
50 species, of which 15 species were shorebirds, were seen
Rock Point
Strong winds off the lake led to a much reduced beach and very few
shorebirds. Six Semipalmated Plover, a few Killdeer, and Spotted
Sandpiper, a single turnstone, six Sanderling, two Least Sandpiper and
fifteen Semipalmated Sandpiper were observed. Not one yellowlegs was seen!
Mosaic - Esterhazy Lagoons (Permission required for entry)
Here we added both yellowlegs to the trip list along with five
Short-billed Dowitcher, two Pectoral Sandpiper and, the highlight of the
trip, a single Red-necked Phalarope. Killdeer, Semipalmated Plover,
Least Sandpiper and Semipalmated Sandpiper were also present. A lone
Bald Eagle was also observed.
Sod Farms
On the grass, to the northwest of Canal Bank Road, northeast of
Stromness and southwest of Hutchinson Road, 15 Black-bellied Plover were
observed. On the grass, to the north of the intersection of Hutchinson
Road and Poth Road, 12 Black-bellied Plover were observed.
Shorebird totals
Black-bellied Plover 28, Semipalmated Plover 12, Killdeer about 70
Spotted Sandpiper 20, Greater Yellowlegs 5, Lesser Yellowlegs 15
Ruddy Turnstone 1, Sanderling 6, Semipalmated Sandpiper 30, Least
Sandpiper 5
Pectoral Sandpiper 2, Short-billed Dowitcher 5 Red-necked Phalaraope 1
John Black with Jim Heslop and Kevin McLaughlin
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