One cell at the Port Perry lagoons is now being lowered. This is the first time in weeks that habitat has been available. Last Sunday on the TOC fall round-up only one Solitary Sandpiper could be found. Today I saw: 1 Solitary Sandpiper, 2 Pectoral Sandpipers, 4 Least Sandpipers, 2 Greater Yellowlegs, 3 Lesser Yellowlegs, 1 Short-billed Dowitcher, 1 Black-bellied Plover and a Killdeer. It's amazing how quickly shorebirds return to favoured haunts once the conditions improve.
Also present was an Orange-crowned Warbler and a Parula at the entrance to the lagoons. Permits must be purchased in advance of entering the lagoons. The permits may be purchased for $10.00 at the Durham Region Transfer Site located at 1623 Reach Rd, Port Perry during the following business hours .... Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and Thursday from 8:00 a.m. to 6 p.m. To get to the transfer station, travel north on Hwy 12 past Port Perry [Hwy 7A] to the next traffic lights [Regional Road 8 = Reach Rd.] and travel east to #1623 on the north side of the road. The lagoons are located one road north of the transfer site east off Hwy 12 on Concession Rd. 8 [don't get confused as, despite the fact that these roads are both numbered "8", they are two different roads - one is a regional paved road, the other a dirt concession road.] Geoff Carpentier www.avocetnatureservices.com _______________________________________________ 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/
