3.5 hrs of birding there yesterday ending at 5:00 pm. These are my numbers: Killdeer (73); Semipalmated Plover (3); Greater Yellowlegs (1); Lesser Yellowlegs (86); Solitary Sandpiper (9); Spotted Sandpiper (11); Least Sandpiper (46); Semipalmated Sandpiper (8); Pectoral Sandpiper (3); Stilt Sandpiper (1); Short-billed Dowitcher (1); peep species: 60 - 99% in the south basin. No sign of the Red-necked Phalarope. About 45 Black Terns were still present and about 150 Bonaparte's Gulls. Best photo ops for Black Terns is the west basin where they were feeding close to the west shoreline in some floating algae mats or perched on wire near the se shoreline. I posted two photos on Ont.bird.photo of an adult feeding one or two newly-fledged young.
Note that a $10.00 birder's permit is required to enter the site. The lagoons are located nw of Port Perry: take Simcoe north to Scugog Line 8 which is the first street north of Reach Street; just a short distance west of Simcoe Street. Wayne Renaud ([email protected]) _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - 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 Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
