This afternoon there were two adult Baird's Sandpipers in breeding plumage in the sprinklers at Blenheim Lagoons. Baird's are a rare northbound migrant in Ontario in spring. Also present were about 180 Dunlin in various stages of molt to breeding plumage, 5 Lesser Yellowlegs, 6 Pectoral, 2 Least, and 2 Spotted Sandpipers, and many Killdeer.
Link to photo of the two Baird's with a Least Sandpiper for comparison: http://www.jeaniron.ca/Shorebirds/2015/bairds.htm Permit (free) required to enter lagoons. The quickest way to get one is to email your request to Candy McGuigan, Customer Service Rep. at: candym at chatham-kent.ca (change at to @) Directions The lagoons are 1 km west of the town of Blenheim on Lagoon Road north off Highway 3. Blake Mann provided complete directions in an earlier post on Ontbirds: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg35519.html Happy shorebirding, Jean Iron Toronto _______________________________________________ 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
