Recent weather or perhaps just the passage of time seems to be changing the mix of shorebirds at West Perth Wetlands.
Species seen: 1 Adult Stilt Sandpiper in pretty fresh-looking breeding plumage (photos taken) 1 Adult Short-billed Dowitcher in worn breeding plumage. ~60 Lesser Yellowlegs ~50 Killdeer ~30 Spotted Sandpiper Both adults and juveniles of: 30/3 Least Sandpiper 20/2 Semipalmated Sandpiper 12/2 Pectoral Sandpiper Also seen: Goldfinch Eastern Kingbird Baltimore Oriole Savanah Sparrow Red-winged Blackbird Song Sparrow Great Blue Heron Mallard Wood Duck (1 female) Turkey Vulture Barn Swallow Bank Swallow Tree Swallow West Perth Wetlands is located at the western end of Wellington St in Mitchell, ON. There is construction on Wellington, so you will have to use side streets to the south to bypass. Sent from my iPod _______________________________________________ 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/
