On Monday, August 31st, Robert Epstein and I were returning from
seeing the Black-throated Sparrow at Port Burwell when we stopped at
the Hiawatha Race Track in Sarnia. In other years I have seen Golden
Plover there but i was dismayed to see that the southern two-thirds
of the grass area to the west of the race track parking lot has been
converted to a golf driving range. We stopped anyway to check it
out. At the northern end of the grassy area, there were small pools
of water in the grass that attracted a few shorebirds-- a couple
Lesser Yellowlegs, 8 Least Sandpipers, a Semipalmated Sandpiper, and
a Red-necked Phalarope. This was at 7:15 p.m. The shorebirds were
still present when we left the area.
The race track is visible from 402 but to get there, exit at Airport
Road and go south to London Road, then go west about a half mile to
the entrance to the race track on the north side of the road. Once on
the race track property go to the NW edge of the parking lot.
Cheers,
Karl Overman
Farmington Hills, Michigan
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