The lagoons remain "high-ish" but there is habitat in the second most westerly one and a bit of habitat in the most northeasterly one.
highlights today: 2 Merlins (male and female cavorting) Osprey - 3 (adult + 2 yg) Killdeer - 1 Spotted Sandpaper - 3 Lesser Yellowlegs - 28 Greater Yellowlegs - 4 Least Sandpiper - 8 Black Tern - 12 Bonaparte's Gull - 317 (including several young of the year) Redhead - 1 Bufflehead - 1 Trumpeter Swan - 4 (male, female + 2 young - unbanded/untagged) Marsh Wren - 3 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
