At 7:00 p.m. tonight I found a RUFF at the north bridge of Hillman Marsh, the one which is about a mile east of Hillman Church.
At about 7:40 p.m. the bird was then seen from the south side of the marsh, as one walks east from the gated road. Both times the bird was with a single Greater Yellowlegs, and both times the birds were very flightly, suggesting that they had just arrived. The bird is mostly in winter plumage with some black blotches on the belly, and the legs are reddish-orange. Plumage and large size (about the same size as the Greater Yellowlegs) indicates a male. Hillman Marsh has mudflats all over, so it it likely to re-appear anywhere on the marsh. Lots of other shorebirds too: Pectoral Sandpiper -- 300 Dunlin -- 40 Lesser Yellowlegs -- 12 Greater Yellowlegs -- 18 American Golden-Plover -- 3 snipe, killdeer etc. Alan Wormington Leamington, Ontario ____________________________________________________________ How to Sleep Like a Rock Obey this one natural trick to fall asleep and stay asleep all night. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/51620caa4bb8fcaa47e0st02duc _______________________________________________ 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/
