This morning I count at least 350 Red-necked Grebes of Rattray Marsh ... not that usual since this a know late summer/fall staging area. The mudflats are rapidly widening since the water level of Lake Ontario has dropped considerably in the last few weeks but with only 3 species of shorebird: 9 Killdeer and one each of Least Sandpiper and Semipalmated Plover.
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