Not much shorebird habitat left at the Harrow sewage lagoons. They have lined
most of the lagoons with rock, and water levels are high in all ponds. There is
also a new gate and fence with no trespassing signs (which I heeded only as a
suggestion).
The only shorebirds were in the 3rd pond easterly from the gate and included:
Greater Yellowlegs (3); Baird's Sandpiper (2); Western Sandpiper (1), Least
Sandpiper (6), Pectoral Sandpiper (2) White-rumped Sandpiper (1); Killdeer
(82). The only ducks were Mallard and Blue-winged Teal.
At Big Creek, at the intersection of Creek Road and County Road 20 near
Amherstburg, there were 5 Great Egrets, 1 juvenile Black-crowned Night-Heron, 1
Caspian Tern, & 3 Forster's Tern.
Todd Pepper
Leamington, Ontario
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Subject: [Ontbirds]Buff-breasted Sandpipers -- Bruce County
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The Buff-breasted Sandpipers seen by Mark Cranford this morning were still
there when we left at 2:40 pm.
Directions: Mapart Ontario Road Atlas, Page 38, Z17. Immediately south of
the intersection of County Roads 8 and 14; between the Sauble Speedway and
the Grey-Bruce Sod Supply; on the west side; in an open, newly-planted sod
field. When we left, three Sandpipers were feeding and resting about 200
meters north of the Grey-Bruce Sod Supply sign, about 200 meters from County
road 14. There were no other birds.
Mike and Helen Penfold
