[Ontbirds] Southbound Shorebirds

2015-07-02 Thread Jean Iron
Further to Bruce and Ben Di Labio's report of southbound Lesser Yellowlegs in Ottawa, I saw three adult Lessers today at Holland Landing south of Lake Simcoe. We soon can expect the first southbound adult Least Sandpipers and Short-billed Dowitchers. July is also a good time to watch for Eurasian v

[Ontbirds] Southbound shorebirds at Beeton and Mitchell

2010-08-21 Thread Stan Long
Yesterday the Beeton sod farms yielded 4 Buff-breasted Sandpipers, 20 Baird's Sandpipers and 30 Black-belied Plovers. On to the Mitchell Lagoons, we found 1 Hudsonian Godwit and 2 Marbled Godwits. Among the slew of shorebirds we found Semi-palmated Sandpipers, Semi-palmated Plovers, Bairds