Hi all, At Van Wagners Beach between noon and 2 pm today I saw one Parasitic Jaeger and four unidentified Jeagers (probably all Parasitic). Despite 30 km/h winds from the E-NE sector all Jaegers passed at long distance. There were also White-winged Scooters, Long-tailed Ducks, a Bonaparte's Gull, and Sanderlings and a Ruddy Turnstone on the beach. Others reported a Lesser Black-backed Gull.
In Windermere Basin there was a Pied-billed Grebe and a good variety of ducks (ten species) including 10 Gadwall X Mallard 4 Blue-winged Teal 18 Northern Shoveler 6 Northern Pintail X Green-winged Teal 1 Ring-necked Duck 4 Greater Scaup 40 Lesser Scaup 50 Ruddy Duck Not many shorebirds however, only a few Least, Semipalmated, and Pectoral Sandpipers, a Semipalmated Plover, five Lesser Yellowlegs, and ten Killdeer. Good birding, Andreas Jonsson, Toronto --- Directions to Van Wagners Beach: Take the Centennial Parkway (Hwy.20) exit from the QEW in east Hamilton and proceed north to the North Service Rd., turn left and continue west as it turns into Van Wagners Beach Road. Park at Hutch's Restaurant. Alternative route on public transit and bike from Toronto: Take the GO train to Burlington GO station. Follow Fairview Street westward for 500 meters, take south on Brant Street and keep going until you hit Lakeshore Road. Then follow the park trail along the Lakeshore south all the way past the Burlington Lift Bridge. 4.5 km south of the bridge you'll find Hutch's Restaurant just south of the Go-kart tracks. Directions to Windermere Basin: From Eastport Drive between the entry to Pier 24/25 and the underpass to Van Wagners Beach Road there is a parking lot. Follow the right hand trail to the pond. _______________________________________________ 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/
