Jim's Pond has extensive mudflats appearing now. This evening there were the following:
Shorebirds 7 Semipalmated Plovers 3 Short-billed Dowitchers 1 Greater Yellowlegs 2 Lesser Yellowlegs 1 White-rumped Sandpiper 1 Least Sandpiper 200 Dunlin Waterfowl 2 Northern Shoveler drakes, Green-winged and Blue-winged Teal and Gadwalls In the adjacent Oshawa Second Marsh highlights 11 Black Terns 1 Sedge Wren 1 Whimbrel (flyover) 1 Pileated Woodpecker(flyover) Directions: For a trail map of Second Marsh visit com (http://www.secondmarsh.com). There is a link on that site that will take you to a trail map for McLaughlin Bay Wildlife Reserve. Directions: Exit from the 401 at the Harmony Rd. Exit (419) in Oshawa. Go south on Farewell St. to Colonel Sam Drive. Go east on Colonel Sam Drive to the parking lot at the GM Headquarters. Park in the west parking lot close to the marsh. The east platform is located here. For Jim's Pond park on the east side of the GM Headquarters and walk south along the gravel trail. Jim's pond is approx. 400m south of the Building. Tyler Hoar Oshawa
