Greetings, Dan and I visited Rock Point today. Hardly any rocks and one Spotted Sandpiper. It is very unlikely that the situation on the shore will change in the next 5 days.
We also visited the Rock Point Bird Banding Station this morning. Jim Smith kindly offered to open the station for us on Sunday and so, instead of visiting the shore, we will search for migrants in the vicinity of the banding station and have a look at the birds they are banding. (See http://rockpointbirdbanding.com/ for info on the banding station) There are many sod farms open this year in the vicinity of Poth Road. Today they only yielded only Killdeer but with reasonable weather over the next 5 days we can expect Black-bellied and Golden Plovers and Buff-breasted Sandpipers. Possibly other shore birds will also be present. John Black _______________________________________________ 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
