The Buff-breasted Sandpiper reported by Garth Riley was still in cell 3 this (Wednesday) morning. This is probably the same bird found by Eric Jeffrey last Friday and seen again on Monday. Conditions at West Perth are excellent with shallow water, wet mud, dry mud, cattails, reedbeds available for shorebirds. This morning there were large numbers of Killdeer, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Pectoral Sandpiper, and smaller numbers of Wilson's Snipe, Least Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Baird's Sandpiper, Dunlin and Semipalmated Plover. Other notable sights were several American Pipit and a Rusty Blackbird.
Steve Thorpe West Perth Wetlands are on the south side of Mitchell. From Ontario St (Hwy 8) travel south on Wellington St to Frank St. Cross over and follow the road past the ball field to the parking lot. The cell beside the parking lot is cell 2, and cell 3 is the cell in the North East, south of the Sofina Plant. _______________________________________________ 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
