Very busy here today in the Hamilton Study Area!
A quick trip out this afternoon yielded several species of shorebirds including Buff-breasted Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Spotted Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Wilson's Snipe The construction was not going on in this part of the cell so the work crew didn't mind people were there when I was there. I also had an adult Red Knot at North Island visible from Eastport Drive in Burlington Word from the beach is that the Black-legged Kittiwake is flying around and three Sabine's Gulls were hanging about at a distance but staying at the time I received word which was about 3 pm. Directions to Britannia site as per Don Perks: >From 401 south on Trafalgar turn right on Brittania Rd to the bend in the road and park in front of cement barriers.From Q.E.go north onBronte Rd.turn right on Brittania Rd going east watch the traffic lights in Omagh Watch speed here. Before the bend in the road watch for the cement barriers park then walk northward about 2-300 meters. Directions to Eastport Take QEW Niagara and get off at Eastport Drive, follow it as if to go over the lift bridge and don't get back on the Skyway Bridge. There is room to pull over on the right, be careful as traffic can be heavy in the rush hour. The bird was on the first island where a number of Terns are sitting in a small cover, the most northern island from CCIW and the first island you come to south of Lakeshore Road in Burlington. Its where the White Pelican was several weeks ago. Directions to Van Wagners Beach: Take the Centennial Parkway (Hwy.20)> exit from the QEW in east Hamilton and proceed north to the North> Service Rd., turn left and continue west as it turns into Van Wagners> Road. Continue to the parking lots at either Hutch's Restaurant or the> Lakeland Centre viewing tower and view the lake anywhere near here. Cheers, Cheryl _______________________________________________ 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/
