I birded Nonquon lagoons this afternoon ... lots of habitat and shorebirds highlights:
Killdeer - 45 Spotted Sandpiper - 12 - all adults Lesser Yellowlegs - 89 - all adults Greater Yellowlegs - 1 adult Pectoral Sandpiper - 1 adult Least Sandpiper - 32 (3 immatures + 29 adults) Semipalmated Sandpiper - 1 immature Short-billed Dowitcher - 2 adults Stilt Sandpiper - 1 adult Bonaparte's Gulls - 45 including 1 immature ( this is my earliest record of immature Bonaparte's for Nonquon - (thx for the head-ups AW)) Black Tern - 7 Osprey - 5 - nest with 3 large young Directions and permits: Permits must be purchased in advance of entering the lagoons. They cost $10.00. 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. Geoff Carpentier www.avocetnatureservices.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/
