Peter Hogenbirk and I waded through the knee deep mud and water to view the shorebirds at Frenchman's Bay today at 11 - not as bad as it sounds but the water definitely is high so be prepared to get wet!
But it was worth it : 2 Red Knots 2 Semi-palmated Plover 2 Killdeer 3 Baird's Sandpipers 6 Stilt Sandpipers 9 Semi-palmated Sandpipers 7 Least Sandpipers 1 Solitary Sandpiper 3 Lesser Yellowlegs 1 Spotted Sandpiper Aging was difficult as most of the birds were backlit ... Directions: Exit 401 at White's Road and go south to Bayly then east until you see the Gingerbread Centre (a low brown building all by itself in a large parking lot) on your right... park in their parking lot and walk east from the SE edge of the parking lot and follow the trail to the marsh then along the creek (you're wading in water now) to the mud flats where the creek meets Frenchman's Bay. The birds are very accommodating. Lots of dragonflies for the Odonaters (??) out there! Geoff Carpentier www.avocetnatureservices.com _______________________________________________ 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/
