Three Buff-breasted Sandpipers were feeding in "mostly-cut" sod field in an area with a network of very shallow femoral ponds with a small flock of Lesser Yellowlegs and 2 Killdeer. Although scoped from about 70 meters I had flat lighting and could clearly see the diagnostic field marks: buffy front of body including neck, lower face and over the eyes and bill; bright yellow legs; highly spotted sides of chest; buffy scaling of black upper and lower scapulars; wing length even with end of tail; thin, straight bill. This area is one side-road east from the area most birders cover when birding this area. There are several cutting machines parked near the road and some further back where shorebirds were feeding. The exact co-ordinate are posted on e.bird. The location is south east of the intersection of 11th Line and Sideroad 15 and 4.3 km ne of Beeton.
Directions from Toronto: take Hwy. 400 north to exit #64 (Hwy. #88); take Hwy. #88 west to Bond Head; turn north on Hwy. 27 to 8th Line and drive west toward Beeton; exit north on 10th Side Road and drive 4 km and stop at Intersection with 11th line (the field is to the south east). Wayne Renaud ([email protected]; 278-828-0043). _______________________________________________ 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
