I Just had a single Wilson's Snipe at the far end of cell 3. Phalaropes were still present this morning.
Margret spotted it first and we both saw it in flight a second time before it vanished into the reeds See directions below: Robert Baumander Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: "Geoff Carpentier" <[email protected]> > Date: 20 August, 2013 12:46:37 PM EDT > To: "OntBirds - Bird Alert" <[email protected]> > Subject: [Ontbirds] RN Phalarope at Nonquon + nearby Sandhills > > As John Stirrat reported Dan Kazinski found two Red-necked Phalaropes in the > 3rd lagoon at Nonquon today. One was a juvenile and the other an adult. They > were actively feeding when I left at 11:30. Also at the lagoons were: > > 359 Bonaparte's Gulls > 56 Lesser Yellowlegs > 5 Greater Yellowlegs > 4 Killdeer > 1 Pectoral Sandpiper > 15 Least Sandpipers > 4 Spotted Sandpipers > 1 Bufflehead > 4 Hooded Mergansers > 3 Osprey > 1 Merlin > 22 Black Terns > 4 Marsh Wrens > 4 Trumpeter Swans > > just north of the jct. of Scugog Conc. 3 and Shirley Rd., south of Port > Perry, two Sandhill Cranes were feeding in a stubble field > > Directions: > > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
