I birded the lagoons today with Charlie Adey - lots of sandpipers and more ...
Killdeer - 13 Semipalmated Plover - 1 adult Least Sandpiper -18 - including 1 immature and one adult in basic (winter) plumage Lesser Yellowlegs - 82 - adults Greater Yellowlegs - 5 - adults Spotted Sandpiper - 9 - adults Solitary Sandpiper - 13 all appeared to be adults but it can be tricky to distinguish immature birds unless good views are obtained Pectoral Sandpiper - unknown age (seen by Betsy Smith) Semipalmated Sandpiper - 3 immature (seen by Betsy Smith) Short-billed Dowitcher - unknown age - seen by others Bald Eagle - adult seen by Betsy Smith Marsh Wren - 4 Black Tern - 27 Bonaparte's Gull - 205 (including 1 immature) Caspian Tern - 7 DC Cormorant -1 - first this season Osprey - 4 Trumpeter Swan - 2 adult - no wing tags Directions and Permits: Permits must be purchased in advance of entering the lagoons. They cost $10.00. The permits may be purchased at the Durham Region Transfer Site located at 1623 Reach Rd, Port Perry during the following business hours .... Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and Thursday from 8:00 a.m. to 6 p.m. To get to the transfer station, travel north on Hwy 12 past Port Perry [Hwy 7A] to the next traffic lights [Regional Road 8 = Reach Rd.] and travel east to #1623 on the north side of the road. The lagoons are located one road north of the transfer site on Concession Rd. 8 [don't get confused as, despite the fact that these roads are both numbered "8", they are two different roads - one is a regional paved road, the other a dirt concession road.]. Access to the lagoons is from the east end of Conc. 8 only as the bridge is out west of the lagoons. Geoff Carpentier www.avocetnatureservices.com _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
