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Subject: [Ontbirds]No Cobourg gannet Nov 18.
From: "M. Bain" <mjcbain(AT)sympatico.ca>
Date: 18 Nov 2007 10:46am
Unfortunately the Northern Gannet has not appeared at Cobourg harbour today,
Sunday November 18, as of 10.30am.
There are very few birds feeding on the lake this morning.
Will repost if the bird is found again anywhere nearby.
Margaret Bain
Cobourg
mjcbain(AT)sympatico.ca
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Subject: [Ontbirds]Black-legged Kittiwake - Southampton
From: "mike pickup" <mpickup(AT)bmts.com>
Date: 18 Nov 2007 1:14pm
The Black-legged Kittiwake has been seen again this morning. Once at approx.
9:00 to 9:30 am and again at around Noon. Bothe times on the river at the
mouth of the Saugeen in the harbour at Southampton.
Directions
Take Hyw #21 to Southampton. If you are coming from the south, make a left
or if coming from the north make a right turn on Clarendon St. Follow this
road to Pioneer Park and turn right and you are at the harbour.
Yours in birding
Mike Pickup
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Subject: [Ontbirds] Black-legged Kittiwake, Northern Gannet Van
Wagner's Beach, Hamilton
From: "Cheryl Edgecombe" <cheryle29(AT)cogeco.ca>
Date: 18 Nov 2007 1:28pm
This morning the imm. Northern Gannet was viewed from the Burlington Ship
Canal at a feeding frenzy just off the Burlington Shoreline. At about noon
the same or perhaps different imm. Nothern Gannet could be seen flying
around at a distance off of Hutches Restaurant. A close pass of an imm.
Black-legged Kittiwake was also a highlight. Many Common and Red-throated
Loons are flying around today.
Cheers,
Cheryl Edgecombe
cheryle29(AT)cogeco.ca
Directions: To reach Van Wagners Beach, take the Centennial Parkway (Hwy.20)
exit from the QEW in east Hamilton and proceed north to the North Service
Rd., turn left and continue west as it turns into Van Wagners Road. Continue
to the parking lots at either Hutch's Restaurant or the Lakeland Centre
viewing tower and view the lake anywhere near here.
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Subject: [Ontbirds]Northern Gannets off Burlington - Sun Nov 18
From: <frank.pinilla(AT)bell.ca>
Date: 18 Nov 2007 1:42pm
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Subject: [Ontbirds]Cobourg gannet back
From: "David Selley" <dselley(AT)sympatico.ca>
Date: 18 Nov 2007 3:19pm
At around noon today four of us saw the gannet flying East several hundred
yards off shore. We were on the West pier at the harbour. It flew across the
harbour mouth and then low over the water in an ESE direction. We left
immediately after, so it may have returned.
David and Barbara Selley
Directions: Exit #401 at the eastern Cobourg exit [#474] and turn
south off the exit ramp. This is Division Street. Continue south
through town and Division ends in the main pier of the harbour. To get to
the West pier turn right along the waterfront past the front of the new
condos and park in a lot by the entrance to a sailing club.
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Subject: [Ontbirds]Iroquois Shoreline Raptor Watch November 18/07
From: "Mike Williamson" <mdw49(AT)sympatico.ca>
Date: 18 Nov 2007 12:50pm
ISRW HeberDown C.A.
Whitby,Ontario,Canada
November 18/2007
Totals Day Month Year
TurkeyVulture 0 26 2973
Osprey 0 0 24
Bald Eagle 0 1 37
N.Harrier 2 8 67
Sharp-Shinned 10 56 1025
Cooper`s 3 10 105
N.Goshawk 0 0 5
Red-Shoulder 0 18 131
Broad-Winged 0 0 5570
Rough-Legged 0 17 22
Golden Eagle 2 28 43
Am.Kestrel 0 0 73
Merlin 0 0 10
Peregrine 0 0 11
Unknown 0 0 45
Total 52 896 11813
Total Hours 3 41 152
Avg. per hour 77.7
Observers; Betsy Smith, Mike Williamson
Golden Eagle 1Adult@11:47 1Juv.@2:45
Directions & Info. can be found at torontobirding.ca highlight Projects
click on Raptor Watch & click on Iroquois.
Report submitted by Mike Williamson coordinator for ISRW
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Subject: [Ontbirds] 5 SANDHILL CRANES along with 2 GOLDEN EAGLES
among 94 migrating raptors at Cranberry Marsh-18 Nov 2007
From: "Doug Lockrey" <lockrey33(AT)rogers.com>
Date: 18 Nov 2007 4:54pm
Cranberry Marsh, southwest Whitby, Ontario
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 18, 2007
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Observation time: 9am to 1pm
Official Counter: Doug Lockrey
Observers: Rayfield Pye, Greg Stuart, Jerry Ball, Brian Steele, Jim
McKnight, along with 10 who helped for short times and 10 visitors.
Weather: medium NE, then E wind; TUV=1, then 2; rising BP; 0-2C; sunny day
Non-raptor Observations: 5 SANDHILL CRANES flew from Thickson Pt. along a NW
path; pine siskin, n.shrike, red-breasted nuthatch, fox sparrow; 1 ad.
white-throated sparrow still hanging around
Raptor Observations(see table below): northerly element to the wind, the
thermals and a good TUV spelled a reasonable flight--for 2 hours that was
correct; then the wind swung to the E, and the flight
stopped; 2 GOLDEN EAGLES, 5 min., apart--ad. and 2-3yr.old; 84 RT
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
> Black Vulture 0 0 0
> Turkey Vulture 0 9 2263
> Osprey 0 0 167
> Bald Eagle 0 4 53
> Northern Harrier 0 18 230
> Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 74 2103
> Cooper's Hawk 0 21 118
> Northern Goshawk 0 7 9
> Red-shouldered Hawk 0 13 35
> Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 3185
> Red-tailed Hawk 84 1175 1795
> Rough-legged Hawk 4 62 67
> Golden Eagle 2 5 8
> American Kestrel 1 15 621
> Merlin 1 2 27
> Peregrine Falcon 0 1 40
> Unknown Accipiter 0 2 15
> Unknown Buteo 0 1 28
> Unknown Falcon 0 0 7
> Unknown Eagle 0 2 4
> Unknown Raptor 0 3 53
>
> Total: 94 1414 10828
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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Subject: [Ontbirds]Carden Alvar - Bohemian Waxwings, etc.
From: "Norman Murr" <normurr(AT)sympatico.ca>
Date: 18 Nov 2007 2:35pm
Good evening.
Today Ian Cannell and I went up to the Kirkfield and Carden Alvar area and this
was my first time up there in the fall / winter season and it was not a real
birdy trip and can in no way compare with the May / June period but we did find
some nice birds.
We found Common Redpolls, Pine Grosbeak, 53 Bohemian Waxwings, N. Goshawk,
Rough-legged Hawk, Common Loons, Great Blue Herons, Bald Eagle, Northern
Shrikes, Hooded and Red-breasted Mergansers, Common Loons, Bonaparte's Gulls,
Ravens, and along the way 3 up close Deer, 1 posing Coyote and another Coyote
howling in the morning.
On our way home we found a Merlin in Keswick and a fly by Cooper's Hawk along
Yonge St. In Richmond Hill.
A cool but beautiful day to be out there and a new experience at Carden.
Directions:-
CARDEN ALVAR INCLUDING WYLIE ROAD
Wylie Road is north of Kirkfield in Victoria County and Kirkfield itself is on
County Road 48 east of Highway 12 and well north of Whitby and about 130 km from
Toronto if you follow the roads and not a Crow.
>From the centre of Kirkfield go north on County Road 6 passing under the Lift
Lock on the Trent Canal and drive about 2 ½ km further north to where the road
curves left or west. On this curve and on your right is McNamee Rd, turn right
here onto McNamee and drive east for about 300 yards and you will be at Wylie
Road. This road is about 9 ½ km long ending at Alvar Rd (a T intersection).
Birding can be good on this road as well, either way.
This is a narrow road with little traffic but be sure to park in such a way as
to not block the road as you don’t want to rile up the locals. This is all
private property but there really is no need to leave the road and you should
not in the interest of good birding and also not to aggravate some of the
locals.
Other roads to check in the area are Shrike, Curl’s, Dalrymple, and Eldon
Station Roads.
Norm Murr
Richmond Hill, ON
"Sils mordent, mords les"
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Subject: [Ontbirds] Another spectacular migration, Huron Shoreline,
Nov 18 / 07
From: JmsHldswrth(AT)aol.com
Date: 18 Nov 2007 5:58pm
After having such a successful venture to this area on Nov 10, Ross Snider
and I were looking forward to trying to replicate that success with another
visit, following a similar route [Grand Bend north to Bayfield]. We were not
disappointed, with some exceptional numbers of select migrants, especially
Rough-legged Hawk, Golden Eagle and Sandhill Crane.
We recorded 77 migrant Rough-legged Hawks, between Grand Bend and Bayfield,
primarily along the Hwy 21 corridor, with birds splitting the Hwy at various
points. Some birds moved closely along the lakeshore while a second stream
moved inland, variable distances, mostly following the wooded features.
This, combined with our previous visit total of 146, gave us 223 migrant
Rough-legged Hawks for two visits, a figure that we both found mind-blowing.
Again, seeing the paucity of records from Lake Erie watch sites suggests an
alternate migration route that effectively by-passes the Erie shore, and also
suggests these birds cross over, westward, at some point north of Erie Metro
Park, perhaps Sarnia? [neither of us would presume to be breaking new ground
with these observations but we would be very keen to hear from other birders
with local experience, as to whether these sorts of observations are known
to them, and if this is a regular occurrence.]
Other raptors of note included a marvellous 26 Golden Eagles, 5 Bald Eagles,
5 Northern Goshawk, 9 Red-shouldered Hawks, 135 Red-tailed Hawks [both
seriously undercounted due to bird-eating blue skies!] , 10 Cooper's Hawk and
19
Sharp-shins.
With several visits to this stretch under our belts, this area of the Huron
shoreline has proven to be excellent for raptors, especially on days of E to
NE winds. In fact, the numbers and variety seem to rival [or exceed] the Erie
watch sites on days of acceptable conditions.
Non raptors most noteworthy would have to have been Sandhill Crane. Both of
us had speculated that this area should yield good numbers of this species in
migration and that has proven to be the case. Today, we tallied 837 birds,
in four flocks. One particularly amazing flock held over 450 birds, and
created quite a memory as they passed directly overhead, calling and swirling
about. In some cases these flocks appeared to have just recently taken flight,
as
they were fairly low and easy to see. All flocks stuck close to the
shoreline, making a more direct passage than the migrant raptors encountered.
Again, this area had some excellent numbers of irruptives. We counted 307
Bohemian Waxwings, in several flocks of 100+ birds, mostly close to Hwy 21,
with some birds perching briefly along the Highway. The great majority of these
birds appeared to be actively migrating, moving directly and purposefully
south.
A fair passage of Common Redpoll resulted in a total of 385, most of these
were in small flocks of less than 30 birds. 7 Pine Grosbeaks were maybe fewer
than expected, although our travels kept us out of some of the better
landbird sites in the area.
As mentioned, we would enjoy hearing from other birders with previous
migration experience along this stretch of Huron shoreline. For both of us, our
visits here have proven very eye-opening and educational, especially in helping
to understand the migration dynamic of this [seemingly] under-birded area.
Any subsequent information would be greatly appreciated.
James Holdsworth and Ross Snider.
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Subject: [Ontbirds]Birding W. end of L. Ontario
From: Wayne Renaud <wayne(AT)renaudwebber.com>
Date: 18 Nov 2007 6:01pm
Inspired by the Gannet sighting at Guelph Line I birded the shoreline
Lake Ontario back from Guelph Line (where the found the Gannet around 12:15
pm) to Port Credit (ending at 4:45 pm).
At Arkendo Park, Oakville had a Pacific Loon with 3 Common Loons swimming
midway between the breakwater and the mouth of Joshua Creek and could be
clearly seen with binoculars from the bench at the end of walk that runs
south along the west side of the park along the banks of the Joshua Creek.
At Lakeshore Park (opposite the leash-free area) only about a km. further
east of Arkendo Park, I found a 3rd yr. Lesser Black-backed Gull on a sand
spit just off the Petro-Canada Plant.
Off Rattray Marsh at 2:15 p.m. two immature Northern Gannets were seen
flying east about 100 meters off shore and about two minutes apart: one, in
first year juvenile plumage, the other in second-yr. plumage (I assume one
was likely the one from Guelph Line). There are still large numbers of
Robins (100+) and smaller numbers Cedar Waxwings, White-throated Sparrows,
Dark-eyed Juncoes, Winter and Carolina Wrens in the woods along Sheridan
Creek between the two lower bridges.
Just sw of J.R. Saddington Park, Port Credit, a pair (ie. male and
female) of Harlequin Ducks were diving in heavy waves crashing to the
breakwater lookout off the waterfront trail just sw of the park.
Directions:
Arkendo Park, located at the mouth of Joshua Creek, is just sw of the
southern-most extension Winston Churchill which separates Mississauga and
Oakville. Lakeshore Park 'Leash Free' area parking lot is located between
Winston Churchill and Petro-Canada Refinery (park in the lot of Lakeshore;
the lookout is less than 2-minutes from the parking area). Rattray Marsh
can be accessed from various location from Meadowwood to Jack Darling Park
or from the bottom of Bexhill. Saddington Park is located off the
southern-most extension of Mississauga Road (the breaking water is a 60
second walk from the west parking lot). All these locations are fairly
close together.
Wayne Renaud
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Subject: [Ontbirds]Joint BOS/RBA Field Trip along the Niagara River
From: "Mike Hamilton" <mhsr(AT)wzrd.com>
Date: 18 Nov 2007 6:17pm
Today's joint BOS/RBA trip along the Niagara River got off to a good start
at Old Fort Niagara where we saw 3 Red-throated Loons and 1 Common Loon at
fairly close quarters as well as 4 White-winged Scoters, a couple of Horned
Grebes, many Long-tailed Ducks, Common Goldeneye, Bufflehead and a fly-over
Red Crossbill seen by some.
Things were pretty quiet (very few gulls) at the Lewiston docks but 18 Great
Blue Herons were seen downstream on the Ontario side of the River.
Crossing the Lewiston Bridge and getting onto the Niagara Parkway was a
challenge as major construction work on the Ontario side now forces one to
drive all the way to Stanley Avenue on Route 405 and then back on Portage
Road to the Parkway. As there is no place to pull over and wait for people
after the tool booths we unfortunately lost one of our group in the process.
Whereas there were very few gulls in the gorge the Sir Adam Beck overlook
did produce one adult and one second year Iceland Gull.
Above the Falls between the Enginerium Building and Dufferin Island Bob
Spahn found 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls but although everyone searched we
found no Purple Sandpipers. However we did see about 40 Hooded Mergansers in
the holding pond right next to the River in excellent light with the hoods
of the males in many degrees of erection making a few look like Rudy Ducks!
At the Control Gates overlook Betsy Potter and Willie D'Anna spotted 2 more
Lesser Black-backed Gulls, one of which was close to a Great Black-backed
Gull showing the tremendous differences in size.
We then proceeded to the feeders at Peter Street just in time for Tom
O'Donnell to see a Cooper's Hawk depart with a Red-winged Blackbird in its
talons thereby assuring us of seeing no other birds in the area.
At Tom's suggestion we then proceeded west to McKeeney Rd., just north of
Ridge Road in Welland where we ended the day watching the 3 Sandhill Cranes
previously reported from there foraging in a field. The end of a beautiful
day, with much glorious foliage still on many trees.
Mike Hamilton
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Subject: [Ontbirds]HSR: SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark (18 Nov 2007) 1015
Raptors
From: reports(AT)hawkcount.org
Date: 18 Nov 2007 8:11pm
SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark
Brownstown, Michigan, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 18, 2007
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 100 3431 62837
Osprey 0 4 195
Bald Eagle 0 11 206
Northern Harrier 3 64 812
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 158 9897
Cooper's Hawk 20 198 705
Northern Goshawk 0 1 3
Red-shouldered Hawk 32 593 1017
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 69574
Red-tailed Hawk 852 6134 8838
Rough-legged Hawk 1 23 27
Golden Eagle 5 70 104
American Kestrel 1 3 1275
Merlin 0 3 41
Peregrine Falcon 0 4 65
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 0
Unknown Buteo 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 0 0 8
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 2
Total: 1015 10697 155606
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Observation start time: 09:00:00
Observation end time: 16:30:00
Total observation time: 7.5 hours
Official Counter: Josh Haas
Observers: Calvin Brennan, Darlene Friedman, Paul Cypher
Visitors:
Kara Haas
Rodney Laura
Ron and Gloria Harkness
Stan Kowalski
Pat Mulawa
Kathy and Raburn Howland
Don Sherwood
Frank Kitakis
Bruce and Linda Roberts
Weather:
Partial clearing took place early in the day today with mainly sunny
conditions prevailing from about mid morning through the remainder of the
day. Winds were moderate but at times a bit gusty, varying from the
northeast to east-northeast.
Raptor Observations:
Red-tails moved heavily from the get go today with one of the largest
movements of the season recorded by day’s end. It is indeed impressive to
see so many birds still migrating south at this latter stage of the season.
The five Golden Eagles that were seen included a trio that made the passage
together, always a highlight to any day when multiple birds of this large
raptor are in the sky at the same time. Although not included as migrants,
two pairs of Bald Eagles made countless passes to and fro over the count
area. It was to be sure an eagle sort of a day.
Non-raptor Observations:
After a bit of a lull in the crow flight, many thousands were again seen
southbound today. Several groups of Sandhill Cranes were noted today, the
largest being 50+ birds.
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Report submitted by Calvin Brennan (common_raven(AT)hotmail.com)
SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found at:
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Subject: [Ontbirds]HSR: Holiday Beach (18 Nov 2007) 2193 Raptors
From: reports(AT)hawkcount.org
Date: 18 Nov 2007 10:11pm
Holiday Beach
Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Nov 18, 2007
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 76 2121 31280
Osprey 0 0 186
Bald Eagle 0 19 171
Northern Harrier 8 170 1243
Sharp-shinned Hawk 5 146 12373
Cooper's Hawk 23 115 711
Northern Goshawk 3 3 15
Red-shouldered Hawk 27 198 498
Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 18400
Red-tailed Hawk 2033 3977 5830
Rough-legged Hawk 0 12 16
Golden Eagle 18 42 71
American Kestrel 0 3 1611
Merlin 0 3 107
Peregrine Falcon 0 7 93
Unknown Accipiter 0 1 3
Unknown Buteo 0 0 25
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Falcon 0 0 4
Unknown Raptor 0 1 7
Total: 2193 6818 72644
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Observation start time: 09:00:00
Observation end time: 16:30:00
Total observation time: 7 hours
Official Counter: Bob Pettit, Jim McCoy
Observers: Bob Hall-Brooks, Bob Sandford, Claude Radley, Eveyln Fisher,
Jim McCoy, Ralph Billingsley
Weather:
NorthEast wind started with 20 km/hr and slowed to 12-19 and ended 6-11
km/hr. Temp 1.8-7 C. Sky was cloudy with 60%-10% cover of high altocirrus
type mixed with cirrocumulus. Good visibility 28 miles. Barometer steady
30.27 in Hg.
Raptor Observations:
Red-tails were everywhere. All altitudes. every direction (NE, E, SE, and
S). South and Southeast birds came off the lake very high. Many time
kettles formed with 5-40 RT. The south lake birds were at times so far
south that they vanished while moving in thermals that were deteriorating
forcing the birds landward (northward). Other birds included many golden
eagles. A good day for hawk watching.
Non-raptor Observations:
Many Crows. (10,000)
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Report submitted by Bob Pettit (redknot(AT)earthlink.net)
Holiday Beach Migration Observatory information may be found at:
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Subject: [Ontbirds]Goosanders in Nepean
From: "Catherine Gardner" <catherinegardner(AT)magma.ca>
Date: 18 Nov 2007 6:56pm
A friend and I found what appears to be a pair of Goosanders yesterday at
Andrew Haydon Park. (Nepean, Ontario)
They were seen from about 1:45 - about 2:15 in the eastern pond. At about
2:15 the male flew off towards the western pond but when we went looking it
was no where to be seen.
http://www.pbase.com/catherinegardner/image/89098589
Directions:
Hwy 417 to Richmond Rd. > Richmond Rd west to Holly Acres > Right on Holly
Acres and straight into the parking lot.
Catherine Gardner
Nepean, Ontario
www.pbase.com/catherinegardner
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Subject: [Ontbirds]Re: Immature Bald Eagle at Mitchell
From: vince giuliani <vinceoutadoors54(AT)hotmail.com>
Date: 18 Nov 2007 2:30pm
Birders
I was birding at the Mitchell Sewage Lagoons and Wetlands today and observed
an immature bald eagle eating a freshly killed carcass in one of the cells. The
bird was
observed in the cell at around 10:45 am and flew to an adjacent large tree in
the cells.
It perched there. The bird can be observed from the road if perched in the tree
or look
in the cells .
Good birding,
Vince Giuliani
Directions:
Head west on Hwy 8 through Stratford to Mitchell. Turn left at the first stop
light
in Mitchell ( Wellington Street ). Head south on Wellington Street to Frank
Street.
Park where the atheletic fields are. Best to park near the treatment plant.
Head
south through the soccer field until you come to the end of the fence of the
treatment
plant. The bird was observed eating prey in the second cell on the left. You
will see
a cement object in this cell. To the right of the cement object, the bird was
observed.
It flew away from the cell at settled in the large tree overlooking the cells.
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Subject: [Ontbirds]Stilt retraction.
From: "Hartley" <bob.mary.hartley(AT)sympatico.ca>
Date: 18 Nov 2007 8:12pm
On the 14th of Nov I reported 4 Stilt Sandpipers in the Nonquon Lagoons near
Port Perry. I have since spoken with Margaret Bain and by email with Brian
Henshaw. The evidence seems to indicate that the birds were Dunlin in
winter plumage.
I hope no one was inconvenienced by my report.
Bob Hartley
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