Yesterday morning a banded Piping Plover was located on the Barrier Beach in Darlington Provincial Park. I relocated the bird this afternoon on the barrier beach approximately 200m in from the west end of the park. Piping Plovers are now almost annual visitors to the Darlington Provincial Park/Oshawa Second Marsh area
If anyone travels to see it this evening. I advise come in from the east. There are 5-8 ft waves currently pounding the beach, making for a very wet walk. Also along the trail between the boat ramp and the beach in the park were 46 Bohemian Waxwings eating buckthorn berries Direction: The McLaughlin Bay Barrier beach can be accessed from either Oshawa Second marsh (west access point) or Darlington provincial park (east access point) Oshawa Second Marsh Exit from the 401 at the Harmony Rd. Exit(419) in Oshawa. Go south on Farewell St. Colonel Sam Drive. Turn East onto Colonel Sam Drive and follow to the parking lot at the GM Headquarters. Park in the west parking lot close to the marsh. The east (GM) platform is visible from the NW corner of the lot. To the Barrier Beach head south to the lake and then east along the shoreline For a trail map of the Oshawa Second Marsh area visit www.secondmarsh.com and check the link for a trail map of the area Darlington Provincial Park borders the east side Oshawa Second Marsh/McLaughlin Bay Nature Reserve. To access the campground and park store area from the east.Take the Courtice road exit from the 401 and follow the park signs. For the Barrier Beach park at the beach parking lot (picnic area 2) and head west along the maintained beach. Tyler Hoar Oshawa _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
