Ross Harris and I spent 3 hours here today under very windy conditions but did find a fair assortment of shorebirds in southern cell which is mostly flooded with shallow water from two days of rain. Here are the totals, including 5 species of shorebirds: Canada Goose: 150 (fly overs) Trumpeter Swan: 21 total = 16 adults + 5 young Gadwall: ~10 American Wigeon: ~40 American Black Duck: 1 Mallard: ~25 Northern Shoveler: ~5 Northern Pintail: ~5 Green-winged Teal: ~50 Ring-necked Duck: 1 adult male Lesser Scaup: ~25-30 Bufflehead: ~150 Ruddy Duck: 2 Greater Yellowlegs: 6 (photos taken) Pectoral Sandpiper: ~12 (photos taken) Dunlin: 4 (photos taken) Dowitcher sp: 2 (we did not get photos but from the field marks: very long bills; grey breasts and dull overall we were fairly sure they juvenile Long-billed Dowitchers which had been seen in last flew according to Rayfield Pye who we saw at the Cranberry Marsh Hawk watch this morning.) Wilson’s Snipe: 1 Bonaparte’s Gull: ~80 Ring-billed Gull: ~20 (all fly-overs) Blue Jay: ~3 American Crow: ~6 American Robin: ~15 European Starling: ~50 American Tree Sparrow: 3 Song Sparrow: 1 White-crowned Sparrow: 2 Dark-eyed Junco: ~5 American Goldfinch: 2
The Lagoons are located just west of Simcoe Street on Scugoc Line 8 (one long block north of Reach Street) How to Obtain a Nonquon Sewage Lagoon Birder Permit Permits can be obtained from 605 Rossland Rd., Whitby, or at the Scugog Waste Transfer Station, 1623 Reach Street, Port Perry. An electronic version of the Nonquon Sewage Lagoon Birder Permit is available in PDF format at http://www.durham.ca/finance.asp?nr=/departments/finance/financeinside.htm. Nonquon Sewage Lagoon Birder Permits are available for $10 per permit. Payment can be made by cheque or cash. Cheques will only be accepted at Regional Headquarters. Payment by cash only at the Scugog Waste Transfer Station. Completed Applications should be forwarded to: Finance Department Insurance & Risk Management 605 Rossland Road E. Whitby, ON L1N 6A3 Applications can be made in person at the Scugog Waste Transfer Station, 1623 Reach Street, Port Perry. [image: page1image7648] [image: page1image7808] 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
