I birded the Port Weller pier in St Catharines, Niagara Region for a few hours this afternoon before and during the heavy rains. The highlight was a Purple Sandpiper on the rocks by the lighthouse at the east end of the pier, which landed in front of me while I was trying (unsuccessfully) to take shelter behind the lighthouse.
Hundreds of passerines, mostly warblers and sparrows, are all up and down the pier. 1 Louisiana Waterthrush - along the George Nicholson Memorial Trail, 100 m west of the parking lot at Jones Beach (end of Broadway St) -Magnolia, Cape May, American Redstart among 15 warbler species. A link to my checklist, which includes a few photos of the Purple Sandpiper, can be found here: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S36461107 To get to Port Weller, take the Niagara Street/Regional Road 48 exit from the QEW in St Catharines, and drive north towards Lake Ontario. Stay on Niagara Street for 5 km, then turn right onto Lakeshore Road. Drive over the Welland Canal and take your second left onto Seaway Haulage Road, approx 500 m after crossing over the canal. Follow Seaway Haulage road north towards the lake. it will turn into Broadway, follow Broadway to the end and park in the little parking lot at the terminus of Broadway at Lake Ontario. Good birding, Josh Vandermeulen joshvandermeulen.blogspot.com<http://joshvandermeulen.blogspot.com> Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca 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 Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
