Around noon today (Sunday) I stopped in at Blenheim Sewage Lagoons. I
spotted a female Ruff in pond 5 (at the back) among the many shorebirds.
Also present was a single Stilt Sandpiper, one Solitary Sandpiper, 2
Semipalmated Plovers, 4 Short-billed Dowitchers, 5 Greater Yellowlegs, about
75 Lesser Yellowlegs plus many Least, Semipalmated and Pectoral Sandpipers.
Most of the Semipalmated Sandpipers were in the sprinkler cells to the
north.
A female Bufflehead was in pond 3.
Lagoon Directions: Exit 401 at #90 (Communications Rd.) and head into
Blenheim. At the main stoplight turn right (west) onto Rd. 3. Travel about
1.5 km and turn right (north) onto Lagoon Rd. at the carwash, and continue
north about 1 km to gate. You must have an annual permit to enter.
Available at the Municipal Service Centre, 35 Talbot St. in Blenheim,
during business hours, fax (519) 676-0244.
Blake A. Mann
Wallaceburg
Chatham-Kent, Ontario
boatmannATkentDOTnet
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