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Subject: Sharp-tailed Sandpiper - Baie-du-Febvre, Québec
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 14:53:17 -0400
From: Langis Sirois <[email protected]>
To: ONTBIRDS <[email protected]>
Hi all.
A juvenile Sharp-tailed Sandpiper has been present at Baie-du-Febvre,
Québec, since at least Tuesday, September 25. It was found in late
afternoon Tuesday by a birder who could not be certain and confirmed the
next day.
The bird is in a sewage lagoon which has been drained and cleaned very
recently, offering excellent habitat for shorebirds (at least 12 species
were found on Wednesday and yesterday, including this bird, Long-billed
Dowitcher, American Golden Plover and Baird's Sandpiper).
The bird was still present this morning, September 27, at least until
noon, but a birder who left the scene around noon just reported that an
employee had reopened the walves to fill the lagoon. Present birders
spoked to him to ask that filling be stopped for the week-end so that
birders who were planning to visit could have a chance to see the bird.
I will checked incoming emails and post new information if any later
to-day. Tomorow morning, I will post new information as soon as it is
posted on the Québec forum *ornitho-qc.*
Photos of the bird at the following link
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fgrenon/9946069533/in/set-72157635904724716/lightbox/
Link to the map of Baie-du-Febvre as per my previous posting:
https://mapsengine.google.com/map/viewer?mid=zbbggCG7dz_M.kY1ir8ihOaeo
Directions: Baie-du-Febvre is about 1-1/4 hour drive East of Montréal,
on road 132. From the Ontario border take either highway 40 or highway
20 and continue on highway 40 then highway 20 towards Québec city (to
avoid going through the busy Boulevard Metropolitain on highway 40, take
the recently opened highway 30 at the junction of highways 40 and 20 -
it may be a bit longer, but much less busy). At about Drummondville
exit at road 255 and go North on 255 until you reach Baie-du-Febvre on
road 132, turn left on road 132 and right on Rue Janelle about 1/2
lilometre West of road 255.
Good luck if you go.
Langis Sirois, Ottawa
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