Long-tailed jaeger close by flight here at Lakeland at 4pm , 2 Sabine's gulls at 3:30, also black tern and common loon
Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 27, 2017, at 2:18 PM, Dave & Tracey Brown via ONTBIRDS > <birdalert@ontbirds.ca> wrote: > > Hey Folks, > > Went for quick walk at the wetlands last evening and again this morning and > had the following species: > > Water levels in the shorebird cell right behind the parking area are near > perfect for all sizes of shorebirds and there are lots of shorebirds in this > cell. The main fenced in cell also seems to be attracting a good number of > the peeps. The following birds were observed across all cells: > - 1 STILT SANDPIPER > - 1 SB DOWITCHER > - 50+ Killdeer > - 60+ Lesser Yellowlegs > - 4 Greater Yellowlegs > - 7 Wilson’s Snipe > - 22 Least Sandpiper > - 16 Pectoral Sandpiper > - 10 Semipalmated Plover > - 1 Solitary Sandpiper > - 14 Semipalmated Sandpiper > - 10 Spotted Sandpiper > > Other birds to watch for around the wetlands: > - 5 RT Hummingbird > - 3 Green Heron (up to 7 have been reported at once) > - 2 Great Blue Heron > - 2 Sora > - 20+ Wood Duck > - 2 Green-winged Teal > - 20+ Blue-winged Teal > - 10 Northern Shoveler > - Mallard (lots) > - Canada Goose (lots) > - 1 young Redtail > - 1 Osprey (seen this morning sitting on one of the ball diamond light > standards and CARRYING a STICK..... thinking about nesting buidling???) > - 1 Bald Eagles (young bird (HY) hopping / walking through the mud > scattering all of the shorebirds in its way... VERY amusing to watch!) > - 1 Eastern Kingbird > - 1 Baltimore Oriole > - 1 Common Yellowthroat > - 40+ Bobolinks (one flock that landed giving nice views in the scope) > - Marsh Wren (about the 3rd time in the past couple of weeks its been > reported) > - House Wren > > Good birding folks! > > Dave > > Directions to West Perth Wetlands: > >> From the East (Guelph, Kitchener-Waterloo, GTA) - take Hwy 8 thru > > Stratford heading west to first lights in Mitchell (Wellington St) and > turn left (south) and continue till you hit the "T" intersection at the > > ball diamond. Lagoon cells are straight back behind the ball diamond > > and soccer fields and the sewage treatment plant. You can go straight ahead > > on the gravel and park next to the berm. > > > >> From the London area....take Hwy 23 into Mitchell from the south and > > just after you pass the "Welcome to Mitchell" sign...watch for Frank > > St...go right on Frank St and head down over the bridge till you get to > > the ball diamond (will be on your right). Again...the cells are behind > > the ball diamond and soccer fields. You can go straight ahead > > on the gravel and park next to the berm. > > > >> From Southampton area....take Hwy 21, to Goderich and then Hwy 8 to > > Clinton and down to Mitchell, turn south on Hwy 23 to Frank St. and turn > > left on Frank St. and head over the bridge to the ball diamonds (which > > will be on your right). You can go straight ahead on the gravel and park > > next to the berm. > > _______________________________________________ > ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the > provincial birding organization. > Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca > 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 > Visit the OFO Facebook page > https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists > _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca 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 Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
