Hello Everyone, I took 2 trips to the Blenheim lagoons today (Friday, May 1) and each trip produced some good birds. Around noon, I met up with Gerry Binsfield and he and I saw the lingering *short-eared owl* and the second cycle *glaucous gull* that has also been hanging around there. We looked for the baird's sandpipers that Jean Iron reported yesterday but were unable to find them. The large flock of dunlin had flown soon after we had arrived and perhaps they were in that flock. I went back at 3:00 where I met up with Reuven Martin and he and I were both armed with 'scopes. Again, the flock of dunlin flew but the 2 *baird's sandpipers* remained, as did a nice female *wilson's phalarope*. Other shorebirds present today were 11 pectoral sandpipers, 13 lesser yellowlegs, 3 least sandpipers and a few killdeer and spotted sandpipers. The adult tundra swan was still there, as well. Thanks for the heads-up on these uncommon spring migrants, Jean.
Directions The lagoons are 1 km west of the town of Blenheim (Chatham-Kent) on Lagoon Road north off Highway 3. The shorebirds are usually found in the sprinkler cells at the north end. This was the case today. Permit (free) required to enter lagoons. The quickest way to get one is to email your request to Candy McGuigan, Customer Service Rep. at: [email protected] *Steve CharbonneauErie Beach in Chatham-Kent* _______________________________________________ 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
