Hello Ontbirders This afternoon at 3 pm at the Alfred Sewage Lagoons I found 1 female Red-necked Phalarope in summer plumage swimming in the eastern cell. Also of interest at that location was 1 Snow Goose, 2 Wilson`s Phalaropes, 20 Redheads, 50+ Ruddy Ducks, 1 Lesser Yellowleg, approx. 10 Semiplamated Sandpipers, a Pied-billed Grebe, along with several Moorhen, Coot, Gadwall, Shoveler and Widgeon. As opposed to previous years, the western cell does not have any cattails this summer and both cells have high water levels with little vegetation.
Of interest at other eastern lagoons I visited : St-Isidore Lagoons - 6 Ruddy Ducks, 1 American Bittern, 3 Moorhens and 2 Pied-billed Grebes. Other birders indicated to me that they had heard and seen a Virginia Rail which I did not get. Casselman Lagoons - approx. 35 Semipalmated Sandpipers, 5 Least Sandpipers, 5 Dunlin, and few ducks, as water levels are very low in both cells. Embrun Lagoons - Approx 150 Semipalmated Sandpipers, 5 Least Sandpipers, 20 Semipalmated Plovers, 2 White-rumped Sandpipers, 20 Dunlins, 2 Wilson`s Phalaropes. Most shorebirds were in the NW cells offering great views. Directions to the different sewage lagoons can be found on Neilyworld.com (http://www.neilyworld.com/) Good Birding Richard Killeen, Ottawa _______________________________________________ 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/
