The habitat is getting better everyday and the birds are here in good numbers ....
Highlights amongst my 47 species today: large numbers of Midland Painted Turtle and Green Frogs Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator) 5 Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) 10 Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) 1 Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) 41 Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius) 11 Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) 4 Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) 46 Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) 28 Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) 1 Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) 3 Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) 13 Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia) 55 Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris) 3 View complete checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S19118244 Permits must be purchased in advance of entering the lagoons. They cost $10.00 annually. 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. Geoffrey 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 including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide
