further along
this path. This area is where they have been reported the last couple of years.
The HOWA I heard calling was a short distance from the entrance and the other
was up the hill from the parking lot.
Dave Worthington
Directions: Hwy 400 north to King Sideroad, west to Sideroad 7
+ Bufflehead and
smaller numbers of common species.
Dave Worthington
A PERMIT IS NEEDED TO ENTER THE LAGOONS AND THERE IS A LOCKED GATE
From Geoff Carpentier's earlier post:
The permits may be purchased at the Durham Region Transfer Site located at 1623
Reach Rd, Port Perry during the following
As I have not seen any other postings regarding the Smew that was seen
yesterday morning at Whitby Harbour I can say that myself and a few others
looked all around the Whitby Harbour area from about 7:30 to 9am and could not
locate the bird this morning.
Dave Worthington
Just to keep people updated the Smew was not seen at Whitby Harbour this
morning up to when I left at 10:30am. There were ~15 people looking for the
Smew but the large flock of mergansers that was there on Tues was also absent.
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) was seen by taking the other trail from the parking
lot, starting between 2 cement posts. Walk up the slope for ~100+ metres to the
top and the bird was singing on the right hand side. It was in about 50m from
the path.
Dave Worthington
Direction; 400 Hwy N to King Sideroad, W to 7th Concession, N
of ducks and 82 Bonaparte's Gulls (including 2 JUV).
Dave Worthington
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Directions;
The lagoons are at the end of Cedar St. which runs east off of Yonge St. in
Holland Landing.
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ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field
, 5 Pectorals, a couple of Spotties and
about 10 L. Yellowlegs.
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Directions;
(As per John Scmelefske)The sod farms are on the north side of the10th
concession about one kilometre west off the 15th sideroad or on the soth
side of the 9th Concession west
12 Lesser Yellowlegs in total. Among the 75+ Bonaparte Gulls there was 1
juvenile bird.
I spoke with a man who worked there and he said they will not be lowering
the water levels until Sept. 15th, they do 1 pond at a time and it takes 5-7
days to lower.
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yng 1 Ad Virginia Rail along the west side near the back. In the 3rd
cell there were 14 Bonaparte Gulls. Other then that there were the common
species of ducks that were to be expected.
Dave Worthington
Directions as per Ron Fleming; These lagoons are just north of Newmarket in
the town
saw was the Spotted Sandpiper and
other then that there was about 10 ducks in total (Mallards, Shovelers 1
Wood Duck).
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Directions as per J. Schemeleske
Turn north on McKinnon Rd. which is off Hwy 90 at the eastern outskirts
This morning between 8:30 9:30 I saw 2 N. Gannets from the end of the
Oshawa Harbour pier. They both flew from the east past the pier and on
towards Bonnebrae Pt. The first one circled around near the buoy and came in
fairly close. There was also a Red-necked Grebe in the canal.
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pointed
bill that was held level. It had a grey rounded head and a noticeable chin
stap. Some of the mantle feathers showed light fringing to them so I’m
assuming it is a 1st winter bird.
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Directions; Take the Harmony Rd. exit off
. Yellowlegs, ~15 Least Sandpipers, 1
Stilt Sandpiper, 1 Killdeer 1 Spotted Sandpiper. There was also a Pileated
Woodpecker in the south woods.
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Directions as per Ron Pittaway: Please read carefully. About 50 km north
. There are
lots of birds there to sift through looking for something unusual. I was
even lucky enough to have the maintenance people arrive while I was there
and as they leave the gates open while doing their work I didn't even have
to hop the fence on the way out.
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a few Spotted Solitary's (less then 10 of each )
Killdeer Lesser Yellowlegs (probably less then 6 of each)
Bonaparte Gull numbers remained at 75+ with a number of juveniles
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Directions: The Holland Landing lagoons are just north of Newmarket. From
Davis Drive
km east of the 2nd
Concession.
Dave Worthington
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Directions are from Ron Fleming's earlier postings. (Thanks Ron).
The Holland Landing lagoons are just north of Newmarket, which in turn
is about 30 minutes directly north of Toronto. From Davis Drive/Hwy.9,
you can travel straight
Plover
1 Gr. Yellowlegs
20+ Lesser Yellowlegs (1 being a Juv)
75+ Bonaparte's Gull (1 a Juv)
15+ Spotted Solitary Sandpipers
60+ peeps (mostly Least some Semi-pal) scattered among the 3 ponds with
low water levels
lots of Killdeer
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Directions: (as per Ron Fleming
over the trees to the lake. I walked along the beach checking the lake but
could not refind the bird. I went back to Bonniebrae Pt. and Second Marsh
but again could not refind the bird.
Pumphouse Marsh may be worth checking again when school isn't on it's lunch
time.
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and they are in the field to the east between here and the farm house. They
offered every good views as they would land fairly close, unfortunately
there were no Longspurs with them.
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This morning at 9 am there was a Hudsonian Godwit at the north end of
Frenchman's Bay. There was only 1 other shorebird there, a Black-bellied
Plover.
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Directions;
Park in the Community Centre parking lot which is on the south side of
Bayly St. between White's
For those still interested there were 19 Cackling Geese in Coyote Pond at
about 2 pm this afternoon. There were also lots of Canada Geese Mallards
in the surrounding fields around the Markham ByPass.
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Coyote Pond lies on the North side of Hwy 7 : 1km East
there appears to be possibly 2 adults and 2 yng. I will find out the exact
location but thought if anyone is in that area over the weekend they may
want to take a look for them and record them for the Breeding Bird Atlas.
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This morning (Sunday) at 9am the Piping Plover was easily seen at Second
Marsh looking SW from the east platform. It was about half way across the
marsh on the mudflat associating with a Semi-pal Plover for good comparison.
There was also a Great Egret there.
Dave Worthington
Directions:
Exit
on one
of the outer branches of the tree before disappearing into it. We left at
10:45 and were the only ones there.
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Directions as per Bob Sachs:
From Hwy 401 @ km. 623 go south on Hwy 15 to the T-junction at
Hwy 2 and then east on #2 Hwy to King Pitt Rd., then south
to be going anywhere soon. Good luck
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