I birded 90% of the trials and adjacent lake from 1:30 to 4:30 pm yesterday. There is great shorebird habitat in middle of marsh with great views from outlet of marsh into the lake. Least Sandpiper: 23; Semipalmated & Spotted Sandpiper: 7 each; Killdeer: 6; Lesser Yellowlegs: 5; Semipalmated Plover: 3; Solitary Sandpiper: 3; Short-billed Dowitcher; 1; Greater Yellowlegs: 1. Warblers: American Redstart: 7; Black-and-white Warbler: 4; Chestnut-sided Warbler: 2; Blackburnian and CANADA Warbler: 2; Common Yellowthroat: 1; Black-throated Green Warbler, Yellow and Nashville Warbler: 1 each. I counted 120+ Rednecked Grebes off the mouth of creek outlet and a Yellow-billed Cuckoo was seen heard near the top of knoll that encompassed knolled walk (the board walk that follows the edge of edge marsh).
Direction: access the marsh at the south end of Bexhill Road which runs of Lakeshore Boulevard between Erin MIlls Parkway to the west and Mississauga Road to the East. Wayne Renaud (289-828-0043) _______________________________________________ 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/
