This morning at 11 am I viewed a male breeding plumaged Eurasian Widgeon in pond #1 at Nonquon Lagoon. There were few shorebirds there other then ~5 G. Yellowlegs, ~10 L. Yellowlegs & 1 Spotted Sandpiper. There were at least 50+ of N. Shovelers, N. Pintails & Am. Widgeon along with 100 + Bufflehead and smaller numbers of common species. Dave Worthington A PERMIT IS NEEDED TO ENTER THE LAGOONS AND THERE IS A LOCKED GATE >From Geoff Carpentier's earlier post: The permits may be purchased at the Durham Region Transfer Site located at 1623 Reach Rd, Port Perry during the following business hours .... Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and Thursday from 8:00 a.m. to 6 p.m. To get to the transfer station, travel north on Hwy 12 past Port Perry [Hwy 7A] to the next traffic lights [Regional Road 8 = Reach Rd.] and travel east to #1623 on the north side of the road.
The lagoons are located one road north of the transfer site on Concession Rd. 8 [don't get confused as, despite the fact that these roads are both numbered "8", they are two different roads - one is a regional paved road, the other a dirt concession road.]. Access to the lagoons is from the east end of Conc. 8 only as the bridge is out west of the lagoons. _______________________________________________ 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/
