35-40 keen birders enjoyed a great day's birding with warm, dry weather throughout. 78 species were found, including 10 warbler species and 13 shorebird species. Highlights : Baird's, Pectoral, Semipalmated, Least and Solitary sandpipers, American Golden, Black-bellied and Semipalmated plovers, Horned Larks at the Beeton sod farms; Caspian Tern, Wilson's Snipe, Merlin, Hooded Mergansers and Blue-winged Teal at the quarry ponds near Alliston; 5 Green Herons, 4 Common Gallinules at the pond on Humber Station Road; Virginia Rail, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Brown Creeper, both Nuthatches, Veery, Purple Finch, 10 Pine Warblers, Bay-breasted and Blackburnian warblers at Palgrave Conservation Area. A very congenial group were never lost, a major feat in itself, and the whole entourage was photographed and reported as to their exploits by the local Tottenham newspaper as we birded from the side of Tottenham road near the 11th line. Many thanks to co-leader John Schmefelske for his guiding. Thanks also to Paul Prior for his noteworthy assistance. Dave Milsom [email protected] _______________________________________________ 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
