Just so you know, the annual gathering of the clans [i.e. post-breeding
gulls and terns] on Port Burwell beaches is well underway.
This morning we counted at least 600 Common Terns and 250 Bonaparte's
Gulls on the east side of the harbor at the Town Beach and on the
beaches at Port Burwell PP. There was a good ratio of hatching year
Common Terns. On the town beach 75 of the 400 Common Terns were HY
birds. We couldn't count at the PP as dogs chased them off just after we
arrived. We saw no hatching year birds among the Bonaparte's Gulls and
only a couple of hatching year birds among the 450 or so Ring-billed Gulls.
Other highlights were an adult Black Tern, a hatching year Forster's
Tern, an adult Caspian Tern and a 2nd year Great Black-backed Gull. Two
2 Semipalmated Plovers were on the Town Beach.
Although a few Little Gulls have been reported in the Pelee and Rondeau
areas, we saw none today at the Burwell beaches. From August through
early summer it's not unusual to get 10 to 15 individuals and our record
is in the mid 20s.
Port Burwell is south of Tillsonburg at the terminus of Hwy 19, aka
Plank Line.
Dave Martin and Linda Wladarski
Harrietsville, ON
[email protected]
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