There was a Eastern Phoebe at the wastewater treatment plant in Stratford this
morning, likely the same bird that Jarmo Jalava found last Sunday. It was
sitting in the sun on a wheel valve luxuriating in the warm vapours rising from
the treatment ponds.
On November 18, 2014 I found a phoebe on the river near the treatment ponds.
In December Harald Scholz found a phoebe in the same area, and on December 27,
Jean Baloo et al. found the same species during the Stratford CBC. On January
18, Jarmo found a phoebe at the treatment plant, less that 100 m from the
river. Then today another sighting. The same bird ???
The Stratford wastewater plant is at the west end of West Gore Street in SW
Stratford. From the Perth County Health Unit parking lot walk up the hill
through the conifers and you can look over the active treatment ponds.
Steve Thorpe
Stratford
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