One of the first places I went when I arrive was the weedy field sw of the corner of 10 Line and 15th Sideroad were 4 reported last evening by John Schmelefske. I spent about 15 minutes perusing the field with my 15x binoculars and found only some Ring-billed Gulls. I then drove slightly further west near the House number 5540 and noticed 14 Killdeer resting in a fleshly-ploughed area of the field only about 20 m from the Road. While pulling my scope out of the vehicle something flushed the Killdeer, and with them the 4 Buff-breasted Sandpipers. Even though they were quickly flying west with the Killdeer I as able to see buffy-colored underparts, yellow legs and dark upper parts including rump and tail. The Black-bellied Plovers and single American Golden-Plover were about 200 m further west and on the south side of the 10th Line. Four small sandpiper about this size of Buff-breasted Sandpipers were seen from a distance on the edge of a Soy Bean field near 11th Line/10th Sideroad at 3:30 pm may have been the same group ... but they disappeared into a Soy Bean crop before Josh and I could establish a positive ID.
Directions from Toronto: north on Hwy. 400 to exit #64; west on Hwy. 88 to Bond Head; north on Hwy. #27 to 8th Line; west to 15th Side road; north to 10 line. Wayne Renaud ([email protected]; cell: 289-828-0043) _______________________________________________ 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
