Yesterday evening at approximately 6:45 pm I spent an hour on the 12th Line of New Tecumseth and was delighted to find a great diversity of shorebirds totaling 12 species.
200+ American Golden Plover, with mixed adults and juveniles were the greatest shorebirds present in numbers, with at least 2 Buff-breasted Sandpipers on the dry sod following the group. A juvenile Red Knot was furiously probing in the only visible body of sitting water among the good number of peeps. Bird identified by its black subterminal lines, white fringes around the feathers of its upperparts, dull yellow legs, a short straight bill and barring on flanks. Other shorebirds present included: Pectoral Sandpiper, Semipalmated Plover, Least Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, White-rumped Sandpiper, Killdeer, Baird's Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs and at least 4 Black-bellied Plover. Directions: Travel West from the 10th Sideroad about 2km along the 12th Line. Birds were in the field on the South side of the road. Good Birding, Dave Szmyr _______________________________________________ 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
