Yesterday the Beeton sod farms yielded 4 Buff-breasted Sandpipers,
20 Baird's Sandpipers and 30 Black-belied Plovers. On to the Mitchell
Lagoons, we found 1 Hudsonian Godwit and 2 Marbled Godwits.
Among the slew of shorebirds we found Semi-palmated Sandpipers,
Semi-palmated Plovers, Bairds Sandpipers, Lesser and Greater Yellow-
legs and Black-bellied Plovers. We saw 1 White-rumped Sandpiper and
missed the Stilt Sandpiper. All in all it was worth the distance travelled.
Directions to Buff-breasted Sandpipers etc (Courtesy John Schmelefske) :
To get there go north from Hwy 9 or south from Hwy 89 on the Tottenham
Road. Count the concession roads until you get to the 11th concession and
turn east. Go about 700 metres and look to the north on a large de-sodded
field.
Directions to Mitchell (West Perth) Wetlands (Courtesy Dave Brown):
>From the East (Guelph, Kitchener-Waterloo, GTA) - take Hwy 8 thru
Stratford heading west to first lights in Mitchell (Wellington St) and
turn left (south) and continue till you hit the "T" intersection at the
ball diamond. Lagoon cells are straight back behind the ball diamond
and soccer fields and the sewage treatment plant. You can go straight
ahead on the gravel and park next to the berm.
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