At~ 6pm I saw a flock of shorebirds flying on the south side of Greenway
Rd as I was heading home from Kettle Point. There are substantial 'wets' on
both sides of G.R. now but the swans seem to have moved on - I counted just 24
to-night. Scoping the edge of the south side wet, I counted ~ 48 Pectoral
Sandpiper(certainly the earliest date for me). There were many Pintail(mostly
paired), followed by Mallard, some Green-winged Teal and a few Black Duck.
Earlier at Kettle Point there were 5/6 Great Black-backed, 2 ad. Glaucous
and a very large gull(bigger than any of the GBBG). Despite its size, I decided
it was most likely a Herring/GBBG hybrid on the basis of wing pattern, which
looked exactly like the shot by Bruce McTavish - P.293 - H6.1, H6.2 Peterson -
Gulls of the Americas. Maris
Greenway Road runs east of Hwy#21 ~6 km south of Grand Bend
Kettle Point is west of Hwy#21, and can be accessed via, Army camp Rd.,
Ipperwash Rd or West Ipperwash Rd - the beach from WI to the point is
driveable, but bumpy.
Maris Apse 10094 Red Pine Road, Box 22, RR #2 Grand Bend ON N0M 1T0 (519) 238 -
8415
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