At 2:30 today there was a Stilt Sandpiper in a small patch of standing water on a sod field off Hwy 50. Also present were 13 Lesser Yellowlegs, 9 Least Sandpipers and 2 Solitary Sandpipers.
Directions: Go west from Alliston on Hwy 89. Turn left (south) onto Hwy 50. Proceed south about 3 km. The sod farms are about half way between the 30th and 25th sideroads, on the east side just north of the trailer campground. Check the standing water on the west side as well. The sod farms nearer Beeton were unproductive today, although yesterday there was a flock of about 100 Golden Plovers at the corner of the 15th sideroad and the 11th concession. Sanding water in the area is rapidly drying up, leaving less attractive habitat for shorebirds. John Schmelefske # 7360 RR # 4 Alliston, Ontario,Canada, L9R 1V4 Email: [email protected] Watercolour Gallery: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2001214&id=1051632050&l=ea990bf4ce _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
