38 birders attended the annual OFO Palgrave/Beeton fieldtrip today in beautiful
weather.A total of 70 species were recorded.At Palgrave Conservation Area only
a few warblers were found : Black-throated Green, Chestnut-sided and several
Common Yellowthroat.Best find was an Olive-sided Flycatcher, as well as
Virginia Rail, Purple Finch, Green Heron, Common Raven and Wood Duck.At Everett
Gravel Pits were Lesser and Greater Yellowlegs, Short-billed Dowitcher,
Wilson's Snipe, Killdeer, Spotted, Semipalmated, Least sandpipers, a family of
7 Pied-billed Grebes, Caspian Terns, Blue-winged Teal, 2 Great Egrets, and
Northern Harrier.On the Beeton sod farms no rare sandpipers were seen but we
did find Pectoral Sandpiper, Golden and Black-bellied plovers among the many
Killdeer. Also, a number of Horned Larks.Many thanks to Paul Prior, Andrew Don
and Wayne Renaud for their assistance.
Dave [email protected]
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