An adult feeding with three Solitary Sandpipers in a very shall pond only about 60 m from the road; scooped from the road and could clearly identify the heavily-barred under parts, dark blotches on back; long black slightly curved bill; pale yellow legs and reddish crest and cheek patches. When the flock flush I saw the white rump. I did have my camera but it was drizzling at the time so no photos. I returned to pond about 2 hours later but the could not find the bird. The exact location of the location of sighting was about 100 m west of the intersection of 10th Side Road and 11 Line (the address of the business at the corner is 3763 11th Line, Beaverton) near where a clearly-marked gas pipeline is located by signage. This area had far less water when I birded in with Ross Harris last Sunday and hopefully there will some heavy rain tonight to restore some of these low areas for other typical shorebirds usually found here from mid-July to late August.
Directions: exit Hwy. #400 north of Toronto to Hwy. 53; head west to Bond Head; turn north on County Road #27; turn west at 8th Line to Beeton; turn north at Palmerston or 8th Side Road and proceed north to 11th line. Wayne Renaud (289-828-0043) _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - 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
