thern
shrike, 1 Northern mocking bird, American robins in the
gardens along with sightings of Sharp shinned, Cooper's &
Red-tailed hawks; + 2 GBHs on open waters of the Rouge -
Coyote Pond, unlike previous years, remains frozen solid
- cheers - Stan
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This am:
Snowy owl found in east field bordered
by Old Yonge St south of Ravenshoe - also
30 American robins, 15 Snow buntings,
4 American pipits, 1 Kestrel & number of
Tree sparrows
also
1 Wild turkey in first field west and
south of Ballantrae on Hwy 48
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the NW corner
of Bullock & Snider - the bird was probably
flushed from cover by a marauding dog -
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orty.
Coyote Pond lies 1 km East of the Ninth Line on the North
side of Hwy 7 in Markham.
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At 2pm this aft, at Coyote Pond, an adult Ross' goose
flew in with a flock of about a hundred Canadas
Coyote Pond lies 1km East of the 9th Line on
the North side of Hyw 7 in Markham
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Seen today, one adult Glaucous gull among a mixed
flock of gulls, aggresively defending its knoll in a
field 1km South of Whitevale, East side of Altona
Road - seems like a late date to me - cheers - Stan
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the previous year's record - I
assume that persistent North winds have held up
the migration of these birds by more than one
week
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wy 7
1 km East of the Ninth Line in Markham
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At Coyote Pond 11am today - 1 Wilson's phalarope [adult
non-breeding] + 2 SB dowitchers + Greater & Lesser yellow-
legs, Kildeers & Least & Spotted sandpipers
Coyote Pond lies 1 km east of the Ninth Line
in Markham on the North side of Hwy 7
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At 3pm Coyote Pond - 1 Stilt SP among 6 or so
Lesser Yellowlegs at North end of pond
Coyote Pond lies 1km East of the 9th Line on the
North side of Hwy 7 in Markham - cheers - Stan long
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An alternative route is to find Reesor
Road [the Toronto Zoo road] on Steeles Ave
East of Hwy 48 then proceed North to the
407 overpass.
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For the record:
Great sighting at the pond 5 Aug aft
- a flock of 8 migrating Upland Sandpipers showed
up darting every whichway & splitting into little
groups - they stayed in the weeds for about 30mins
before continuing on their way - cheers - Stan
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This am at Coyote Pond - 1 blue phase Snow goose
with large flock of Canadas -
Coyote Pond lies on the North side of Hwy 7
1 km East of the Ninth line in Markham
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3pm today, in a wooded lot, West side of Reesor Road, .5 km North of
Hwy 7 in Markham - a pair of high-color Eastern Bluebirds feeding on
Staghorn Sumac berries - NW corner - cheers - Stan
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12.20pm today - 30+ Bohemian Waxwings feeding on Juniper berries SE
corner intersection of Hwy 7 & Wootten Way
11am today Reesor Pond, about 3/4 free of ice, hosting a nice variety
of birds - among them Bonaparte Gulls, Tree Swallows and 10 duck
species
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3.30pm today at Reesor Pond : 1 adult Glaucous Gull + 1 adult
Kumlien's Gull - also first Lesser Yellowlegs and one Northern Mocking
Bird - first Ruddy Ducks etc - Reesor Pond lies just North of Hwy 407
on West side of Reesor Road in Markham
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Reesor Pond at 4pm today, diving in company with Ring-necked Ducks, 1
female, White-winged Scoter - Reesor Pond lies just north of Hwy 407
on Reesor Road in Markham.
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Saw again, this morning, the bird I deemed a WW Scoter when viewing it
against direct sunlight yesterday at Reesor Pond. It was a Canvasback,
but as black a bird as a female WW Scoter tho it's very dark, chestnut
head was evident in the morning sunlight - sorry about that -
What I first posted as a WW Scoter, then updated to a Canvasback at
Reesor Pond, I believe now to be a hybrid - perhaps a
Canvasback/Ring-necked Duck cross - cheers - Stan Long
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Reesor Pond this morning: one Common Yellowthroat, pair of Spotted
Sandpipers, pair of Northern Shovellers - Reesor Pond lies just North
fo Hwy 407 on Reesor Road in Markham-cheers - Stan Long
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7am today at Reesor Pond - 1 Great Egret, fine breeding plumage, no
legbands - Reesor Pond lies just Norh of Hwy 407 on Reesor Road in
Markham - S Long
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2pm today at Reesor Pond - 3 Dunlin - Reesor Pond lies just north of
hwy 407 on Reesor Road in Markham
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At Reesor pond today : 1 Least Sandpiper, 3 Dunlin and 5 Cackling
Geese - Reesor Pond lies just North of Hwy 407 on Reesor Road in
Markham - [the resident Mockingbird has found a mate]
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At 3pm today, 9 Short-billed Dowitchers at Reesor Pond in Markham -
the pond lies just North of Hwy 407 on Reesor Road in Markham - S Long
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Noon today at Reesor Pond: 5 Short-billed Dowitchers [hendersoni] - 2
adults + 3 non-breeding adults - the pond lies just North of Hwy 407
on Reesor Road in Markham - S Long
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One male Black-bellied Plover in breeding plumage + one Ruddy
Turnstone this eve at 8pm - small flocks of Short-billed Dowitchers,
Dunlin and peeps have been moving through this last week - the pond
lies just north of Hwy 407 on Reesor Road in Markham - cheers - S
Lon
6.30am at Reesor pond, one Black Tern - first I have seen in this area
- stayed in flight during the 15mins while I observed it - the pond
lies just north of Hwy 7 on Reesor Road in Markham - S Long
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4.30 pm at Reesor Pond today - 3 Short-billed Dowitchers [griseus] -
Great Egret, Caspian Terns - 50-60 Semi-palmated Sandpipers - single
Pectoral. A solitary Black-bellied Plover showed earlier today.
400 + DunlinshowedupThursday +flockof50-60
Semipalma
Reesor Pond at 7am today : 4 southbound migrants - 1 Least Sandpiper
and 3 Greater Yellowlegs - also 3 Great Egrets [unbanded] - Reesor
Pond lies just north of Hyw 407 on Reesor road in Markham - cheers - S
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At 4pm today - 1 Great Egret, 2 Short-billed Dowitchers [hendersoni],
11 Lesser + 19 Greater Yellowlegs + 2 Least Sandpipers + 1 Belted
Kingfisher, etc - Reesor Pond lies just north of Hwy 407 on Reesor
Road in Markham.
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Reesor Pond today at 11am - 1 Sanderling - 4 Short-billed Dowitchers
[hendersoni : 2 juveniles, 2 adults - one adult very bright plumaged]
- also Least Sandpipers, Lesser & Greater Yellowlegs etc - Reesor Pond
Lies just North of Hwy 407 on Reesor Road in Markham
ps - birds of note st
7 am today at Reesor Pond - 1 Baird's Sandpiper and first
Semi-palmated Sandpipers [3] + 6 Blue-winged Teal
Lesser and Greater Yellowlegs have been present for weeks while up to
4 Great Egrets and 13 Great Blue Herons have been seen at one time. DC
Cormorants, Caspian Ter
Reesor Pond - 9am today - first fall Dunlin - assumed juvenile: Rusty
cap, prominent white eyebrow, buffy nape, mantle & upper breast -
white belly - nice bird - also both Yellowlegs and three Least
Sandpipers - first Solitary Sandpipers showed up last week - Reesor
Pon
This afternoon at 6.30 pm in field; NW corner of Hwy 7 and Reesor Road
: 1 Ross's Goose - also 1 Golden Plover on north spit in Reesor Pond -
Reesor Pond lies just north of Hwy 407 on Reesor Road in Markham.
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The Ross's Goose appeared at Reesor Pond today and this evening
returned to the sod farm on the NW corner of Reesor Road and Hwy 7
with Canada Geese to feed on fresh grass. At the pond a juvenile male
Peregrine Falcon took a couple of swipes at a Greater Yellowlegs high
abo
9.30 this am at Reesor Pond: 7 juvenile Black-bellied Plovers - the
pond lies just north of Hwy 407 on Reesor Road in Markham.
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The 7 plovers seen this morning are Juvenile Golden Plovers - they are
difficult to tell apart from Black-bellied juveniles except when
seen in flight - the black axiliaries that would identify them as
Black-bellied Plovers were absent when I got a closeup of them in
fli
This am, the first Cackling Goose of the season appeared at Reesor
Pond - there were also :
1 non-breeding adult Black-bellied Plover
11 juvenile American Golden Plovers
1 Semi-palmated SP + 1 Pectoral & 2 Spotted SPs
1 Lesser & 2 Greater Yellowlegs + 50 or so Killdeers
2 W
The migration of juvenile American Golden Plovers continues at Reesor
Pond, with 8 today, 10 on Friday, 3 Thurs + one non-breeding adult
Black-bellied Plover also showing these last three days - it is great
having a chance to distinguish the calls of these two plovers - 2
Rud
Today, between 9 & 10 am on the east bank of Reesor Pond in the
herbiage along the water's edge - 1 male Sharp-tailed Sparrow : grey
ear-patch, blackish line drawn back from the eye, very buffy face, the
upper breast of the same buff color and with light streaking. Light
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Hwy 7- 600 meters east of Hwy 407 jct
5-5.30 pm today at Reesor Pond, a Cackling Goose that fit the
description "hardly bigger than a Mallard Duck" - its head was no
larger - a very small dark Cackling Goose fitting the obsolete
sub-species name minima - lots of 'regular' Cackling Geese about the
Pon
Today at Reesor Pond - 9am - 1 Western Sandpiper in winter plumage -
Reesor Pond lies just north of Hwy 407 on Reesor Road in Markham
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My humble apologies folk - the Western Sandpiper turned out to be a
Dunlin - I blame this on my utter conviction it was a peep and the
fact that my sense of proportion - ie: perspective - was completely
out of whack
- Stan Long
Noonish today, myself and others found a blue morph Snow Goose and a
Ross's Goose at the Pond - Reesor Pond lies just North of Hwy 407 on
Reesor road in Markham - one juvenile American Golden Plover was also
seen.
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12.30 today at Reesor Pond, tip of south spit: 1 juvenile, blue-morph
Snow Goose, its plumage and legs generally brown with white
patch under lower mandible and showing white- streaked primaries - an
unusual [to me] looking goose.
Reesor Pond lies just north of Hwy 407 on
Noon today - 1 adult white Snow Goose at Reesor Pond -
Reesor Pond lies just north of Hwy 407 on Reesor Road in Markham
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This afternoon at 3pm, a flock of 9, vocalising, Cackling Geese flew in to join
a much larger gaggle of Canada Geese on the ice at Reesor Pond and immediately
went to sleep. The pond lies just north of Hwy 407 on Reesor Road in Markham.
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The ice on Reesor Pond is still intact but the first Killdeer arrived this
afternoon as well as a very pale juvenile, Norhern Shrike. A Northern Mocking
Bird perched on a small spruce at the NE corner of the Ninth Line and Hwy 7.
Reesor Pond lies just North of Hwy 407 on Reesor Road in Markham.
At Reesor Pond 11am today - 1 adult Snow Goose - Reesor Pond lies just north of
Hwy 407 on Reesor Road in Markham
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Went back 12.30 to double-check & scoped goose for a clear look and found it
quite small compared to adjacent Canadas - I assume it is a Ross's Goose : it
lacks the black grin patch while the greenish warty protuberances at the base
of its bill are quite evident - Reesor Pond lies just north o
7am at Reesor Pond today - 1 Blue Morph Snow Goose - shortly it flew off with
one of the many flights of Canadas heading for the fields - Reesor Pond lies
just north of Hwy 407 on Reesor Road in Markham
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a blue morph Snow Goose continues to show up at Reesor Pond - it was there
today at 7.30am - Reesor Pond lies just north of Hwy 407 on Reesor Road in
Markham
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After 7pm tonight - 1st Dunlin showed at Reesor Pond - Reesor Pond lies just
north of Hwy 407 on Reesor Road in Markham
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9am at Reesor Pond : one 3rd winter Iceland Gull - dark-eyed - bill
black-tipped - almost adult plumage - Reesor Pond lies just North of Hwy 407 on
Reesor Road in Markham
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3pm at Reesor Pond today - 1 Great Egret & a pair of Ruddy Ducks - Reesor Pond
lies just north of Hwy 407 on Reesor Road in Markham
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7.30 am today - 1 blue morph Snow Goose at Reesor Pond - Reesor Pond lies just
north of Hwy 407 on Reesor Road in Markham
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At Reesor Pond and typical of this last week, is today's movement of
white-winged gulls with two 1st winter Iceland, one 1st first winter Thayers,
one adult Glaucous and one 1st winter Great-blacked gulls - the Blue-morph Snow
Goose continues to show up daily. Reesor Pond lies just north of Hwy
7am at at Reesor Pond today - the first Least Sandpiper showed - Reesor Pond
lies just North of Hwy 407 on Reesor Road in Markham.
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This morning at Reesor pond : a pair of Semi-palmated Plovers and a flock of
about 60 Least Sandpipers showed up along with a couple of Common Terns at 8am.
E27, a Trumpeter Swan, has been around for a week. Reesor Pond lies just north
of Hwy 407 on Reesor Road in Markham
At Reesor Pond 7am - 9 Dunlin showed & at 7.30am - 1 Short-billed Dowithcher
[hendersoni] - also 18 Least Sandpipers + E27 Trumpeter hanging out with a male
Mute Swan - usual resident Spotted Sandpipers and Killdeers
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At 7.30 am a flock of 24 Short-billed Dowitchers flew in [assumed as I did not
wait to thoroughly check them out but will return to see] - also a flock of 15
Dunlin - 6 Semi-palmated Plovers - 1 each of Least and Semi-palmated Sandpipers
and 1 Greater Yelowlegs - Reesor Pond lies just North of
At 10am, 24 Short-billed Dowitchers [hendersoni] - adults, including 1
non-breeding, were still there - also the numbers of Dunlin and Semi-palmated
Plovers had doubled - seems with lower water levels the exposed mud is
providing good feeding ground - Reesor Pond lies just North of Hwy 407 on
For the record - at Reesor Pond this afternoon : 12 Great Egrets - perhaps only
one banded [previous sighting : yellow band on left leg above knee - another
yellowish band on right ankle] - which raises the question of where are they
coming from and where do the roost - Reesor Pond lies jus
For the record - today, by 8am, 13 Great Egrets had shown up at Reesor Pond -
also Wilson's Snipe, 3 Least Sandpipers , lots of both species of yellowlegs,
many out on the weed bloom feeding - Reesor Pond lies just north of Hwy 407 on
Reesor Road in Markham
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At 11.15am - one Whimbrel at Reesor Pond + the usual L&G Yellowlegs and 11
Great Egrets - Reesor Pond lies just north of Hwy 407 on Reesor Road in Markham
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Found a juvenile female peregrine [by size] and banded - on a spit at Reesor
Pond at 7pm tonight and watched it fly and scatter ducks and shorebirds and
petrify six Great Egrets like I've never seen birds so scared before - in a
group facing the raptor - these six rigid in strange upright post
Nothing much at the pond except a very dark juvenile Merlin keeps showing up -
in certain light, looking like one big black rapacious swallow - also now and
then a juvenile Peregrine shows and stoops at flying shorebirds and misses
every time - but it's getting lots of practice - a juvenile
At 8am today at Reesor Pond - 4 Snow Geese meet 2 Great Egrets -
Reesor Pond lies Just Norh of Hwy 407 on Reesor Road in Marham
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At Reesor Pond:
7am - 4 Snow Geese
Noon - 1 Ross's Goose
Reesor Pond lies just North of Hwy 407 and
South of Hwy 7 on Reesor Road in Markham
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Today at 8.30am - 1 Western Sandpiper in winter plumage : black legs, long,
down-curved, black bill - at Reesor Pond - also 1 Least Sandpiper, 1 Solitary
Sandpiper, both Lesser and Greater Yellowlegs 2 Coots - Reesor Pond lies just
North of Hwy 407 on Reesor Road in Markham
Forgive me folks, but my usual problem with perspective
interfered with my calling a Dunlin a Western sandpiper.
Though the hallmarks of a Western SP were apparent
even to the fine rufous edging of the primaries, in
juxtaposition with a Least Sandpiper, the bird was too
large to be what I th
This afternoon at 4pm - one Baird's Sandpiper at Reesor Pond;
buffy head and breast, black beak, legs and feet - overshot wings,
scaly patterned back, dark rump - in the company of two Dunlin -
Reesor Pond lies just North of Hwy 407 on Reesor Road in Markham
AM today at Reesor Pond - the first Baird's Sandpiper reported
stayed two days and flew but another showed this morning - like
the other it shows a slightly decurved bill but there is only a bit
of buff around the head - all diagnostics fit including its call matched
at a most useful site on
7.30 am - today at Reesor Pond - a flock of 11 blue Morph Snow Geese -
2 of which were immature - Reesor Pond lies Just North of Hwy 407
on Reesor Road in Markham
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Further to first post - all 11 Blue Morph Snow Geese
have returned - 11.45am and are sleeping
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Subject: Reesor Pond Blue Morphs
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:02:58 +
7.30 am - today at Reesor Pond - a flock of 11 blue Morph Snow Geese
GUll
and a Mink - open water 3 weeks ahead of last year - cheers - Stan Long
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darn!
Reesor Pond lies just north of Hwy 407 on Reesor Road in Markham
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25.03.10 - 7am at Reesor Pond : 1 adult Blue-morph Snow Goose -
Reesor Pond lies just north of Hwy 407 on Reesor Road in Markham
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The blue morph Snow Goose showed up again today with Canada geese
at Reesor Pond [morning and afternoon] - also a Cackling Goose and #126,
a Trumpeter Swan - Reesor Pond lies just north of Hwy 407 on Reesor
Road in Markham
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04.04.10 - 8 am at Reesor Pond - 1 juvenile blue morph Ross's Goose [it seems]
+ 1 adult blue morph Snow Goose against which to measure it - the pond usually
empties of geese before 9am - Stan
[oops - there I go again]
Reesor Pond lies just north of Hwy 407 on Reesor Road in Markham
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05.04.20 - 7am at Reesor Pond - though the adult blue morph Snow Goose
over-nighted, the blue morph juvenile Ross's Goose did not - but if seen again,
will be posted - 6 Cackling Geese were in the crowd of Canadas - Reesor Pond
lies just north of Hwy 407 on Reesor Road in Markham
06.04.10 - 7am at Reesor Pond - 1 juvenile blue morph Ross's Goose [absent
yesterday] + 1 Adult blue morph Snow Goose, among the usual crowd of Canadas.
Reesor Pond lies just north of Hwy 407 on Reesor Road in Markham
[yesterday afternoon : 1 immaculate adult Iceland Gull]
"concensus" is, the goose I listed as a blue morph Ross's Goose "seems"
to be - because of its small size when compared to an adult Snow Goose
- a blue morph Lesser Snow Goose - Chen caerulescens caerulescens - this
goose, I believe, whose genus is still a bone of contention - showed
again thi
Please note - re Bluebird posting -
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: Steeles Avenue is the northern boundary of Toronto.
The Bluebirds were found in the Toronto area.
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Reesor Pond lies just north of Hwy 407 on Reesor road in Markham
14.04.10 - at Reesor Pond 7.30am - 1st Greater Yellowlegs -
[1st Caspian Terns - a pair - arrived 11.04.10] -
[17 duck species to date]
Total species : 43 so far this spring
17.04.10 - 7am at Reesor Pond - 1 Great Egret -
fine feathered in breeding plumage - Reesor Pond lies
just north of Hwy 407 on Reesor Road in Markham
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03.05.10 - 8am - first Least Sandpipers - 5 showed this am at Reesor Pond -
right
on schedule - Reesor Pond lies just north of Hwy 407 on Reesor Road in Markham
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04.05.10 - A male/female pair of Willon's Phalaropes
in breeding plumage showed at Reesor's Pond 6.30 am
- Reesor Pond lies just north of hwy 407 on Reesor Rd
in Markham
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04.05.10 - Reesor Pond at 1.30pm - the pair of Wilson's Phalaropes are still
there
probably windbound by a strong norhwesterly - female in fine high plumage - they
seem to have taken to feeding in the NE corner -approach warily - Reesor Pond
lies just north of Hwy 407 on Reesor Road in Markha
06.05.10 - 4.30pm - another Wilson's Phalarope - female in breeding plumage -
showed this afternoon - Common Terns, Dunlin, Solitary and Pectoral Sandpipers
and American Pipits have shown and flown in recent days - Reesor Pond lies just
north of Hwy 407 on Reeor Road in Markham
08.05.10 - 3.30pm - What I believe to be a 3rd female Wilson's Phalarope
has shown at the pond - lee of west shore - Reesor Pond lies just north of
Hwy 407 on Reesor Road in Markham
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15.05.10 - 10.30am - 8 Short-billed Dowitchers on north shore of Reesor Pond -
earlier one Black-bellied Plover and one Dunlin showed - lots of Least
Sandpipers
and a Solitary - Reesor Poind lies just north of Hwy 407 on Reesor Road in
Markham
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23.05.10 - 8am - at Reesor Pond : 1 Short-billed Dowitcher - hendersoni, 7
Dunlin - 10 Semipalmated Plovers and lots of Least Sandpipers - all flew before
9am.
2.30pm - 1 Short-billed Dowitcher - griseus
Reesor Pond lies just north of Hwy 407 on Reesor Road in Markham
24.05.10 - 1.30pm - since early morning, one female Black Scoter seen
at Reesor Pond - the Pond lies just north of Hwy 407 on Reesor Road in
Markham
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