Lots of shorebirds present at hillman this morning shortly after sunrise,
including an adult western sandpiper and at least one white-rumped. The dunlin
numbers are down with the majority of the birds being peeps.
Good birding,
Josh Vandermeulen
Ontario/Quebec
Ottawa/Gatineau
24 May 2011
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Whimbrel lakewatch along beach from Oshawa Second Marsh into Darlington
Provincial Park 5:40- 7:50am. Visibility only about 1km offshore due to fog
bank.
6 Flocks totally 282 birds. The first flock flew inland in a NW direction over
the Mclaughlin Bay barrier beach(6:07am). The next five
The bird was low in the Red Osiers near the narrow channel. I had a good look
and although it didn't sing it had all the normal field marks- large warbler,
grey hood , white eye ring, walking. I'm still waiting to hear it sing or see
it again.
Wet Woods is at the base of Leslie Street in
In 12.5 hrs. of continuous observations we had a total of 1553 Whimbrel
migrating through Col. Sam Smith Park in Toronto today, May 24. There were 17
flocks ranging from 1 only to 250 birds. This brings our year to date total to
1977 birds. The first flock came in at 0456 EST and the last
Apologies. This bounced back for some reason...
This afternoon a remarkable 435 Whimbrel flew in and touched down at the
south-east beach at Rondeau Provincial Park. Two flocks congregated south of
the 'light tower' between 1430-1530h. This trail accesses the furthest south
part of the beach
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