Inadvertantly, the town of Bradford has created a great mini-habitat for shorebirds at a newly created "park" that seems to be constantly flooded. Today there are shorebirds of eight species frequenting the mudfalts there. Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Pectoral, Least. and Spotted Sandpipers, Dunlin, Senipalmated Plover, and Killdeer are hanging out there, and last year Solitary, Baird's, and Stilt Sandpipers and Black-bellied Plover were also there. I would not be surprised if phalaropes might show up there. Go north on Hwy. 400 to County Rd. 88 and head east to the lights at the 10th SR. Turn left and go to the 8th Line across from the Presbyterian Church. Turn right and continue on past the housing development on your left. There as a larger pond and then the shallow water flats. You will find two places to pull over on the left. One at the larger pond and one on front of the bridge. Peter Wukasch Bradford, Ont. _______________________________________________ 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/
