There was a decent assortment of shorebirds this morning including American Golden Plover, Black-bellied (Grey) Plover, Semipalmated Plover, Killdeer, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Solitary Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Wilson's Snipe; Barn and Tree Swallows still remain, Northern Shoveler, Northern Pintail and a couple of female Hooded Mergansers were present among the hundreds of Canada Geese and Mallards. We did not see any of the normally ubiqitous Wood Ducks. The surprise of the day was a lone Common Nighthawk at 11:00, which for some reason was subjected to harrassment by Killdeers.
When coming from the Stratford area go past the Tim Hortons and turn left at the first lights. Go past the sports field and park at the berm. Most of the shorbirds are in the first pond. David Gascoigne Waterloo, ON www.travelswithbirds.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ 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/
