The predicted surge of passerine migrants after the weekend cold front
proved to be more of a trickle, but an unexpected rarity and a
resurgence of shorebirds have made for an exciting week of birding at
Presqu'ile Provincial Park.
In Popham Bay there have been a few REDHEADS and GREATER and
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Compiler: Gregory Zbitnew at sighti...@ofnc.ca
August 10, 2017
There were no real highlights this week, although there was a lowlight.
Access to the Shirley’s Bay causeway is gone pending
I guess I got a little excited and posted before including the directions to
the Mitchell Sewage Lagoons/West Perth Wetlands.
>From Highway 23/Rd 164, turn onto Frank St. From there turn onto Wellington
>St. (there is a baseball diamond on the corner.) The wetlands will be dead
Since there haven't been any Ontbird updates regarding Ashbridge's Bay, I'm
enclosing a link to my ebird post of Tuesday.
http://ebird.org/ebird/canada/view/checklist/S38550648
Shorebirding at Ashbridge's is terrific this year in spite of all the human
activity (beach-goers, volleyball). The
Sorry for the late posting...
On the 9th I spent a couple hours at the West Perth Wetlands (Mitchell Sewage
Lagoons) in Perth county.
I was pleased with the number of shorebirds observed, ending with a total of 10
species.
1. Killdeer (~55)
2. Stilt Sandpiper (1)
3. Least
Good morning Ontbirders,
At 10:20 AM this morning, I observed a flock or 7-8 Red Crossbills fly into the
top of a tamarack tree near my cottage in Tobermory. They stayed for about a
minute then flew off over my head in a southeasterly direction. I was not able
to relocate them. I suspect
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