Friday 18/7. Still lots of water in the fenced cell, but even the small
sandpipers were able to find suitable feeding areas. The dowitcher is a
breeding-plumaged bird, still in bright colour. Other shorebirds present this
morning were 32 Killdeer, 48 Lesser Yellowlegs, 1 Pectoral Sandpiper, 3 Spotted
Sandpiper, 2 Solitary Sandpiper, 29 Least Sandpiper and 5 Semi-palmated
Sandpiper. Also observed was 1 SORA, in Cell 3. DIRECTIONS:- from the East,
follow Hwy 8 through Stratford, to the first traffic lights in Mitchell. Turn
LEFT onto Wellington Street and follow it to Frank Street. Continue on the
gravel road, past the Ball Diamond, to the parking lot. From the West, follow
Hwy 8 into Mitchell. At the bottom of the hill, turn RIGHT onto Hwy 23 South.
Turn LEFT onto Frank Street (last street on the left), over the bridge and up
the hill. Turn RIGHT onto the gravel road at the Ball Diamond and follow it to
the parking lot. From the South, follow Hwy 23 to Mitchell. Just past the blue
"Mi
tchell" sign, turn Right onto Frank Street (at the 50 km/h sign) and proceed
over the bridge to the Ball Diamond. Turn RIGHT onto the gravel road to the
parking lot. Cell 2 is beside the parking lot, Cell 3 is east of the fenced
cell and Cell 5 is the large cell to the south-east. There are no permits
required and no restrictions on when you go. All the shorebirds are currently
in the fenced cell. Eric Jeffery, St. Marys.
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