The mudflats near Harrington were very productive today with a Red-necked
Phalarope and a White-rumped Sandpiper being the highlights. Other shorebirds
were Semi-palmated Plover, Killdeer, both yellowlegs, Spotted, Solitary,
Least, and Pectoral Sandpiper. Non-shorebirds of note included 2 Green Heron, 5
Caspian tern, 4 Great Egrets and 2 Bonaparte's Gull. Yesterday Eric Jeffrey had
3 American Golden Plover. Wildwood Reservoir is in northern Oxford County. The
mudflats are both north and south of the DU berm which is on the east side of
Line 31 just north of Road 28 near the village of Harrington. As the water
level drops the best habitat is on the north side and some of the shorebirds
are a good distance away. A scope is necessary. Steve Thorpe Stratford
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