We looked between 7 and 7:30 a.m. and around 4:00 p.m. for 10 minutes with no luck. Others looked earlier in the afternoon and did not see it. The location is on Cement Plant Road, just south of Hwy. 3 in Port Colborne, Ontario.
We also birded the Lake Erie shore from Port Colborne to Rock Point plus the turf farms near Highway 65 in the Town of Dunnville. On the east side of 65, just south of Poth Road, there were a few BLACK-BELLIED and AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS plus one small-billed WHIMBREL (likely a juvenile). Along the north side of Feeder Canal Road in the T. of Dunnville, a little east of Bird Road, there were 29 Black-bellied Plovers. At Rock Point Prov. Park (follow signs from Dunnville south to the park or from the west, take Reg. Rd 3 west along the shore until you see the provincial park sign) there were 1 BAIRD'S SANPIPER, a few SANDERLING, 1 PECTORAL SANDPIPER, and 1 RUDDY TURNSTONE among the more common species. In the vicinity of the banding station in the park, there was a CAPE MAY WARBLER and an OSPREY. At the Mosaic Ponds (take Rymer Road from the park to the north end and turn left to see some ponds through a fence on your right), there were 2 REDHEAD. 2 SOLITARY SNADPIPERS and, later, a STILT SANDPIPER reported by others, were seen at the pond near the south end of Cement Plant Road in Port Colborne. One adult and three young RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were at the end of Kraft Road in the Town of Fort Erie, as was a fly-by COMMON NIGHTHAWK. We had 15 species of shorebirds on the day but migrant songbirds were very sparse. We also had 17 species of butterflies, many on the Feeder Canal Road east of Bird Road, with the highlights being Bronze Copper and Gray Hairstreak. Thanks to Vicky Rothman, Jim Pawlicki, and Dave Gordon for joining us today. Good birding and butterflying! Willie ---------- Willie D'Anna Betsy Potter Wilson, NY dannapotterATroadrunner.com http://www.betsypottersart.com _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdssetup.php ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdsguide.php
