OFO Rock POint Field Trip August 9:
The trip began at Rock Point at 0800 hours. An adult Bald Eagle flew
overhead just after we reached the beach. Excellent shorebirding.
Definitely worth a visit if you are in the vicinity. There are some
extensive algae flats in the area around the point which are attracting
the shorebirds. Over 200 Semipalmated Sandpipers, 2 White-rumped
Sandpipers and a Stilt Sandpiper. From Rock Point we went to the Mosaic
Esterhazy Lagoons. Only a few shorebirds but there were 10 Great Egrets
and we did add Greater Yellowlegs to the list. Finally we visited the
sod farms on Poth Road where we had 10 Black-bellied Plovers.
56 species total. Shorebirds were
Black-bellied Plover 10
Semipalmated Plover 12
Killdeer 50
Spotted Sandpiper 10
Greater Yellowlegs 3
Lesser Yellowlegs 15
Ruddy Turnstone 5
Sanderling 20
Semipalmated Sandpiper 200+
Least Sandpiper 10
White-rumped Sandpiper 2
Stilt Sandpiper 1
Short-billed Dowitcher 8
16 participants. The weather was excellent, mostly sunny, until shortly
after we left the sod farms. By 1230 hours the rain was intense, but by
then we were having lunch. Special thanks to Brandon Holden and Kevin
McLaughlin for their keen eyes and help in identifying shorebirds and to
George Madsen for getting us into the Mosaic Esterhazy property.
John Black
President
Ontario Field Ornithologists
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