Today was the first day of good shorebirding I have seen this fall at Presqu’ile. I heard the beach had a good number of Semipalmated Sandpipers, some Sanderlings, as well as some Semipalmated Plovers.
However, I didn’t have to leave the front lawn to see a good number of shorebirds. On Salt Point this evening there were at least 25 Semipalmated Sandpipers, a number of Leasts, up to 6 Sanderlings, 2 Spotted Sandpipers, a Black-bellied Plover and then 9 Short-billed Dowitchers flew in halfway through my watching. Fred Helliener and I agreed that we had never seen such variety of shorebirds on Salt Point before. - Baxter Naday _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
