Folks: Sorry for the late post. Yesterday, Nancy Smith and I birded Rockpoint PP and area with great results.
Outside the park in the sod farms, great numbers of BB Plovers and Kildeer but no sign of Buff Breasted. On the shore within the park, was a very cooperative juvenile Rednecked Phalarope and a Buff Breasted sandpiper. The BB sandpiper was so close to us and continued to approach that we were not able to use our scopes. Nice opportunity for this type of shorebird. Within the park itself we managed to acquire 12 species of warblers including Canada, Parula, Blackpoll, Chestnutsided, Redstart, Orange Crowned, Pine, Blackburnian, Magnolia, Yellowrumped, Nashville and Tennessee. We had good numbers of 4 species of vireo and finished off with an Olive Sided Flycatcher. After seeing Cheryl's posting we then dashed off to Lakeland to finish our day with nice, fairly close looks at a group of 8 Sabine's gulls flying in towards shore. Wonderful day in the field with wonderful company. Rick Thornton Exeter, ON _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
