I made a quick early morning run to Port Perry this morning. Shorebird habitat was excellent as several lagoons were lowered. The southerly most one was the most productive.
Greater Yellowlegs 17, Lesser Yellowlegs 98, Least Sandpiper 19, Spotted Sandpiper 3, Solitary Sandpiper 4, Dunlin 1, Killdeer 6, and Pectoral Sandpiper 1 were found. Also there was a Common Loon on one of the lagoons - I've never seen a loon on any lagoon before !!!!! Several spp. of expected ducks, a Black tern and a pair of Osprey completed the list. Nearby Common Yellowthroat, Vesper Sparrow and Palm warbler were found. Permits must be purchased in advance of entering the lagoons. They cost $5.00 as they did last year. The permits may be purchased at the Durham Region Transfer Site located at 1623 Reach Rd, Port Perry during the following business hours .... Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and Thursday from 8:00 a.m. to 6 p.m. To get to the transfer station, travel north on Hwy 12 past Port Perry [Hwy 7A] to the next traffic lights [Regional Road 8 = Reach Rd.] and travel east to #1623 on the north side of the road. The lagoons are located one road north of the transfer site east off Hwy 12 on Concession Rd. 8 [don't get confused as, despite the fact that these roads are both numbered "8", they are two different roads - one is a regional paved road, the other a dirt concession road.] Geoff Carpentier Ajax, Ontario From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu May 4 12:27:10 2006 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from tomts36-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts36-srv.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.93]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B54E763F40 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 4 May 2006 12:26:54 -0400 (EDT) Received: from blinding ([65.92.155.66]) by tomts36-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.13 201-253-122-130-113-20050324) with ESMTP id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <[email protected]>; Thu, 4 May 2006 12:26:55 -0400 Received: from 127.0.0.1 (AVG SMTP 7.1.392 [268.5.3/331]); Thu, 04 May 2006 12:26:56 -0400 From: "Jacques Giraud" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 4 May 2006 12:26:56 -0400 Organization: Concentrated Consulting Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 Thread-Index: AcZvl49ud6eZRpP4ThSSVTGZ/7v9Ew=Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: [Ontbirds]Worm-eating warbler, Harlequin Duck at Col Sam Smith Park X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 May 2006 16:27:10 -0000 I birded Col Sam Smith starting at 8:00 AM and had a great day. In total, I saw 66 species, 10 species of warbler including a worm-eating warbler. The bird was seen on the east side of the evergreen bowl about half way along the bowl. The bowl is located in the NE corner of the property and goes almost all the way up to Lakeshore Road. I also saw a male harlequin duck, likely the same bird I reported several weeks ago. The bird was located on the eastern shoreline against the 1st rock pier. Other items of note included 7 sparrow species including fox and Lincoln sparrow both seen by the Pumphouse. Col Sam Smith Park is located at the base of Kipling Ave in Toronto. Good Birding Jacques Giraud
