This afternoon Harald Scholz and I enjoyed great diversity of birdlife at West
Perth Wetlands. There were 17 Tundra Swan, 200+ Canada Geese and 1 Cackling
Goose, 3 Gadwall, 20 black, 300+ Mallard, 20 Northern Pintail, 100+ Northern
Shoveler, 40 Green-wing Teal, 5 American Wigeon, 6 Lesser Scaup, 2 Bufflehead,
3 Redhead, 1 Long-tailed Duck, 1 Hooded Merganser and 20 Ruddy Duck. About 40
American Coot were foraging as well.
For shorebirds we found 3 Greater Yellowlegs, 1 Lesser Yellowlegs, 3 Pectoral
Sandpiper, 5 Dunlin, 7 Wilson's Snipe and a peep, likely a Least.
Steve Thorpe
Stratford
West Perth Wetlands are in Mitchell, about 20 km NW of Stratford. From Ontario
St (Hwy 8) take Wellington St south to Frank St. Cross over and follow the
gravel to the parking lot.
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