This morning (Monday) before the rains came Bill Smith and I birded the Mount Hope area sod farms and saw the following birds in the sod fields behind the former school house on Unity Road. 8 American Golden-Plover - 3 juveniles the others in various stages of molt of which a couple appeared to be in almost breeding plumage. 3 Buff-breasted Sandpipers 2 Baird's Sandpipers 2 Pectoral Sandpipers There were also a number of American Pipits in the mix along with the usual starlings and gulls and 150 +/- Killdeer Weather was overcast and calm at the start but the wind picked up considerably as the rain approached. Directions:The former school house is on the right hand side of Unity Road (a short distance west of Highway 6) which runs west from Highway 6 just south of Haldibrook Road south of Hamilton. You can park behind the school and walk across to the sod field. Peter McParland. _______________________________________________ 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/
