Two Purple Sandpipers are feeding together along with 3 Dunlin and a longstaying Black-bellied Plover on the algae in the SW corner of Cobourg harbour this morning. The piles of algae are quite lumpy, so it may take some patience to see the shorebirds as they forage about. Up to 3 Brant wander around the harbour most days and were feeding among the waterfowl on the lawns beside the parking lot today. A Red-throated Loon was just off the tip of the west headland among a few Commons, and as I walked back to the base of the headland a magnificent dark young Peregrine shot eastwards across the harbour, raising all the gulls and ducks, but did not stop on its way to Presqu'ile.
Directions: Exit Hwy.401 at Division Street, Exit 474, and drive south to the harbour. Drive round the north edge of the harbour for free parking on the west side, and walk out on the west headland. Margaret Bain Cobourg [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ 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
