I was visiting friends in Port Colborne and took a quick trip to Dunnville to see if the American Avocet was present - and fortunately it was. A few other odds and ends rounded out the detour:
Dunnville-Mosaic Esterhazy Lagoons, Haldimand, CA-ON Sep 22, 2012 1:50 PM - 2:10 PM Protocol: Traveling 0.5 mile(s) Comments: 66 F mostly sunny 14 species (+1 other taxa) Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 18 Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 1 Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors) 13 Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) 5 Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) 1 Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 3 Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 2 Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) 2 American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana) 1 Previously reported by Ken Burrell. The bird flew in from the south and landed in one of the ponds on the north side of Rymer Rd (the westernmost pond). It could be seen from the main gate, however it was making it's way west, and was soon obscured by one of the dikes/ islands in the pond. Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) 4 peep sp. (Calidris sp. (peep sp.)) 14 Too far for me to ID with my binoculars Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia) 1 Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 1 European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 8 Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 1 On nearby Bird Rd I also had a Red-tailed Hawk and American Kestrel. Joe Fell Buffalo, NY _______________________________________________ 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/
