Don Barnett and I spent 9 hours today starting at 5:30 am and no
Whimbrels were seen. But some significant shorebirds were seen, only
in first 90 minutes of the watch. BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER: flocks of 32
and 350; DUNLIN: flocks of 110, 25, 80 and 130 totalling 345; Ruddy
Turnstone: 1. A small flock of 11 Bonaparte's Gull included one
Little Gull. The watch continues until 30 May. History shows a
distinct peak in numbers on 24 May, but large numbers may occur two
days before or after this date.
The park is locate of the end of Kipling south of Lakeshore Boulevard.
Wayne Renaud (289-828-0043)
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