I worked the lagoons today and found a few interesting things: Spotted Sandpiper - 11 Killdeer - 21 Lesser Yellowlegs - 16 Least Sandpiper - 7 Semipalmated Sandpiper - 1 Black Tern - 72 Bonaparte's Gull - 2 (adults) Osprey - 3 (adult + 2 yg.) Trumpeter Swan - 4 (2 adults + 2 yg.) Lesser Scaup - 2 American Wigeon - 1 Wood Duck - 10 (female with 8 small yg. and one other single bird) Marsh Wren - 2
Permits must be purchased in advance of entering the lagoons. They cost $10.00. The permits may be purchased 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 on Concession Rd. 8 [don't get confused as, despite the fact that these roads are both numbered "8", hey are two different roads - one is a regional paved road, the other a dirt concession road.]. Access to the lagoons is from the east end of Conc. 8 only as the bridge is out west of the lagoons. 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 including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup
