Hi all,
A blue phase Snow and the Cackling Goose were with a flock of Canada geese
- quite near shore around the rocks in the bay just north of the main point
early this afternoon. I had no time to explore further as we had to return home
to lunch with friends from South Carolina and London.
Monday morning there were many shorebirds at the Grand Bend lagoons
including 2 Hudsonian Godwit, 1 Semipalmated, ~30 Black- bellied and ~15 Lesser
Golden Plover plus dozens of Dunlin, 1 White-rumped, several Pectoral Sandpiper
and a few of each Yellowlegs sp. Also saw 1 Fox, 1 Swamp, 1 White-crowned,
several Song and many Tree Sparrow along with Yellow-rumped Warblers.
After attending to business in Exeter I saw a Merlin at the corner of Hwy
#21 and Army Camp road - perched on a TV antenna. SW of Kettle Point near the
little park with the gazebo I saw an adult lesser Black-backed Gull perched on
the rocks.
I have not seen any loons since last Thursday ~11:00 a.m. when there
were 3 of 2 species off the main Grand Bend beach, cavorting along the
mud-line(not too far out).
Weather looks nice for this weekend and I plan to scout around a bit for
the upcoming OFO tour of this area on Sunday. Looking forward to meeting y'all
at Sobey's parking lot @ 0830 hrs and having a fun day - Happy Halloween.
Cheers! Maris
Directions - Kettle Point/Ipperwash beach is best accessed from West Ipperwash
Road to drive along the beach.
- GBSL are on Mollard Road off ~ 1 km from CR #81 east of Grand
bend main intersection at Hwy #21
Maris Apse 10094 Red Pine Road, Box 22, RR #2 Grand Bend ON N0M 1T0 (519) 238 -
8415
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