Hi birders, My awesome shorebirding day has continued...after getting a chance to study an Arctic Tern at Britannia point in Ottawa (thanks very much to Mark Gawn for helping me out) I headed for Amherst Island.
On my way I spotted some Black-bellied Plovers in a field just west of Kingston. I pulled over to have a second look, and was glad I did! I quickly noticed five Red Knots, 3 Whimbrel and many Ruddy Turnstones. Another reddish shorebird caught my eye but was too far for my binoculars. Once I got my scope out I was surprised to see the long bicolored bill of a beautiful Hudsonian Godwit! The shorebirds were all in a bare field on the east side of Lennox and Addington Road 6, immediately north of Amherst Drive. You can reach this site by heading west out of kingston on Taylor-kidd Blvd and turning south on road 6 or on Bath road and turning north. The shorebirds were there still at 2:20 when I left to catch the ferry. There just happened to be a Grasshopper Sparrow singing in the field to the west of road 6. Good birding, Mike Burrell [email protected] _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
