Today, Sunday 4 May 2014, there was an excellent selection of shorebirds at Hillman Marsh in the shorebird cell, which is managed specially for spring shorebirds. Highlights late this afternoon were:
9 Long-billed Dowitchers in breeding plumage 2 Marbled Godwits 3 Willets 10 Pectoral Sandpipers 1 Ruddy Turnstone 2 Least Sandpipers 70 Black-bellied Plovers, many still molting into breeding plumage 150+ Dunlin still molting into breeding plumage 1 Lesser Yellowlegs 2 Greater Yellowlegs Several Killdeer Tomorrow, Monday May 5th, OFO volunteers will be available at the shorebird cell from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. to help with shorebird identification. Please see link to poster with future dates, times and directions: http://www.jeaniron.ca/2014/OFOshorebirdPoster.pdf Directions to Hillman Marsh Main entrance to Hillman Marsh is east of Leamington at Mersea Road 2 and County Road 37. The Shorebird Cell is about a 5 minute walk on a flat firm trail from the main parking lot. http://erca.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/area.hillman_marsh_map.pdf Happy Shorebirding, Jean Iron At Point Pelee _______________________________________________ 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 Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide
