Hey folks,
Was out yesterday to the wetlands (sorry for the late post but my first
submission yesterday failed apparently) and had some great birds including:
Greater White-Fronted Goose
- most likely the same bird as observed on Friday
Ross’s Goose
- spotted swimming not far from the
Hey folks,
The water levels at the West Perth Wetlands are near perfect and there were
plenty of waterfowl to be found this evening.
The highlight was a lone GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE in the NE cell (right
behind the processing plant). It was swimming around with a large number of
Canada
Hey folks,
Just a heads up...
A scope was found at the West Perth Wetlands (Mitchell) sometime it sounds like
last weekend and turned in to the Municipal office apparently. They then
contacted me hoping I might know who it belonged to but I wasn’t able to help.
SoIf you’ve been trying to
Hey Folks,
The Glossy Ibis (and yes I have to agree with Jeremy that it’s a Glossy based
on the blue skin around the eye) was still actively foraging when i was back
out there at 5:40 this evening. It was right out in the open in the main
shorebird cell right behind (south) of the parking
Hey Folks,
Went for quick walk at the wetlands last evening and again this morning and had
the following species:
Water levels in the shorebird cell right behind the parking area are near
perfect for all sizes of shorebirds and there are lots of shorebirds in this
cell. The main fenced in
Hey Folks,
Managed to get out for a quick jaunt at the wetlands this morning and had some
good birds... including at one point 5 species in the same scope view
Short-billed Dowitcher, Stilt Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper (2), Killdeer and
Lesser Yellowlegs... VERY nice:
- Water levels in
Hey Folks,
As expected the variety of shorebirds has picked up and the following species
were observed by myself and others with a small group from Waterloo with David
Gascoigne:
- 2 Short-billed Dowitcher
- 4 Black Bellied Plover
- 4 Wilson’s Snipe
- 70+ Killdeer
- 120+
Hey Folks,
Just a quick note to provide those interested with an update on the status of
shorebirds at the West Perth Wetlands (Mitchell).
- Water levels in the shorebird cell right behind the parking area a vey good
right now and there are many good shorebirds in this cell. However, there is
Hi folks,
Was out at the wetlands later yesterday afternoon and just finally getting the
chance to post...
Right in the cell behind the parking area I had (finally) a RED-NECKED
PHALAROPE actively feeding in amongst the other shorebirds. Great little bird
constantly on the move and the first
Hi All,
A quick note on the status of the West Perth Wetlands in Mitchell.
The west end of the shorebird cell (right behind the parking lot) continues to
hold a few inches in depth of water and some great shorebird habitat. The rest
of the cell has some standing water from the heavy rains the
Hi folks,
Just a quick update on the state of the wetland cells at Mitchell.
The shorebird cell behind the parking lot is now almost completely dried up
with just some water at the west end nearest the bushlot and almost completely
covered by an algae pad.
The cell behind the plant is great
Hi folks,
Good old Mother Nature delivered on a couple of inches of rain here in Mitchell
over the past few days and the wetland cells are at the best levels I’ve seen
in many years.
The shorebird cell behind the parking lot is near perfect for water levels
though there is quite a bit of
Hi folks,
I went out to check on the wetlands late yesterday afternoon and there’s good
news and bad news.
The GOOD news is that the water level in the main shorebird cell behind the
parking area is nearly perfect and there are a good number of shorebirds that
have arrived over the past week.
Hey folks,
Posting for Tom Bolohan
Gyr being seen right now at Warwick.
Eating on a gull just off Elarton Rd West of house # 6744 (North of
Brickyard Line).
Good birding!
Dave
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Hey folks,
I had already submitted the Hawk Cliff report and didn’t realize I’d received a
non-raptor report for today in my email.
Thanks to Mary C for this report.
Blackpoll, Bay-breasted, Chestnut-sided, Magnolia and Black-throated Green
Warblers;
Swainson's Thrush (several ), Red-eyed
Hi folks,
I was out checking the wetlands this afternoonand found that the number of
shorebirds continues to grow with almost ALL feeding in the cell right at the
parking area. This cell continues to be excellent for shorebirds and other
waders. Note that the fenced cell is still bone
Hi folks,
I wanted to provide a quick update on the West Perth Wetlands here in Mitchell
as we progress into Fall. Water levels in the fenced cell are back down
(finally) and are good for any late shorebirds and many waterfowl. The other
cells are great for waterfowl with the one right behind
Hi folks,
Just got back from checking out the wetlands this afternoonand found
there’s now 3 WILSON’S PHALAROPES actively feeding in the fenced in cell.
All 3 are in different plumages and were roughly together in the right (south)
end of this cellbest seen from the last observation
Hi folks,
I managed to get out to the West Perth Wetlands this evening here in
Mitchell...and found several shorebird species were foraging in the main
shorebird cell.
Thanks to Jarmo J. for pointing out a WILSON’S PHALAROPE when I first arrived.
(looked to be a male...though late evening
Hi folks,
I wanted to pass along a quick note on behalf of Eric and Liz Jeffery...they
were birding at the West Perth Wetlands this evening...and they had 11
HUDSONIAN GODWITS. All of these birds were well advanced into basic
plumage.The godwits were found in the fenced in cell by the sewage
Hi All,
I managed to stop by the wetlands after arriving home from the hawkwatch
tonight and the 2 Hudsonian Godwits were still present as of 7:30 p.m.and
the last I saw them they were preening and seem to be ready to hunker down for
the night.
I was concerned they might have been scared
Hi All,
Afraid I've been away for the past several days...so I haven't been able to
post counts from the Hawk Cliff hawkwatch.
However, I managed to get a quick recap of the past 5 days from our official
counter and I present that here for those who are interested.
Oct 8th - Friday
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Thanks to everyone that let me know about my miskey of 15 Golden Eagles for
Monday's count at Hawk Cliff. :)They were of course supposed to be 15
American Kestrels.
The Goldens will be coming soon enough (we usually see our first few by the 2nd
week of Oct)...but first we need to get
Hi All,
This weekend was the 2nd of our Hawk Cliff Open House events.
Saturday started off promising but the cloud cover rolled in and gave us about
an hour of rain. Eventually the rain let up but the days flight was definitely
impacted and the total count for Saturday was 453..mostly
Hi All,
Today started off slowly but by the 3th hour the Broadwings started to move
through and in decent hourly numbers The total birds for the day was
24,520...a great count but not a total surprise given the nearly perfect
weather comditions! The best hour was from 11-12 with 12,485
Hi All,
Well...today was an almost instant replay of yesterdayonly better!
It again started slowly but by 8:00 a.m. the Broadwings started to take
flight...and they just kept coming. The total birds for the day was
40,618a really excellent count with the bulk being Broadwings
Hi All,
This past weekend we held the first of our open houses at Hawk Cliff. The
weather didn't exactly cooperate especially on Sunday as it kept threatening
rain. Despite the weather, there were still lots of visitors and some good
birds. There were some really good live bird talks with
Hi All,
A quick update from the Cliff today since the flight was again very good for
early September.
Total birds tallied for the day 837 Today the bulk were Sharpies (362)
with a good count of Kestrels (178) and our first hint of the Broadwing flight
(191), An excellent flight of Osprey
Hi Folks,
The Hawk Cliff hawkwatch is up and running for another season and I wanted to
get at some sort of report out to everyone. Some of our volunteers have
actually been doing counts since late August (I'm still playing catch up on
entering the data for the days covered so far). They've
Hi All,
Just a quick followup for those who might want to go looking for this IBIS
originally discovered by Norm Holden.
My wife and I along with Matt Oswald from Stratford headed up to the Hullett
Provincial Wildlife Area yesterday afternoon (Staurday) to look for the ibis
We spotted it
Posted on behalf of Norm Holden
Norm observed an IBIS at the Hullett Wildlife Area this afternoon. The bird
was feeding several hundred yds away. He notes that it was an adult but from
that distance he couldn't tell for certain if it was Glossy or White-faced.
He left the Hullett
Hi All,
Just got home from a wedding (been away for 4 days) and managed to sneak out to
the wetlands here in Mitchell just before it got too dark..
Initially, I couldn't find the godwits but did see a couple of nice Baird's
Sandpipers and a Red-necked Phalarope (different I think than the one
Hi All,
Lots of folks out today to check out the godwits here in Mitchell.
Both birds were still present right where they were yesterday.
Other good birds this morning including:
- Red-necked Phalarope(1)
- American Golden Plover (3)
- Black Bellied Plover (2)
- Stilt Sandpiper (1)
- Baird's
Hi All,
Several folks (including a gang from the KW Field Naturalists and a few from
the Stratford Field Naturalists) were out this morning to check out the
HUDSONIAN GODWIT and were pleasantly surprised to find a MARBLED GODWIT feeding
beside it.
Both godwits were still present in the cell
Hi All,
Just wanted to get a quick note out about a lone Hudsonian Godwit that arrived
today at the Mitchell constructed wetlands.
The bird is quite faded in plumage.
It was originally observed by Eric Jeffery from St. Marys who happened to spot
it just around 10:30 a.m.
There are lots of
Hey Folks,
I took a stroll out to the Mitchell (West Perth) Wetlands. this afternoon and
was pleasantly surprised to see well in excess of 200 shorebirds of several
different species.
The majority of the shorebirds are easily visible in the first cell as you walk
up to the top of the berm
Posted on behalf of Mark Cunningham and Jason McGuire as of 4:30 pm today
(Sunday).
Mark and Jason had a Cattle Egret that flew up out of the Irrigation Cell
B...circled and then dropped back into the same cell. Mark managed to get some
photos of the bird.
They also reported the Wilson's
Hey Folks,
The small flock of 6 American Avocets (originally spotted by Steve Thorpe
yesterday) were still present
this morning at the Mitchell (West Perth) Wetlandseasily visible in the
first cell behind the small parking
lot and entrance garden. They were still there as of 12:00 noon
Hi Folks,
Just got home after a meeting in London...following a busy day at the Hawk
Cliff Hawkwatch and didn't get time yet to enter the numbers for today.
So...here's a quick summary for those who are interested
The winds were NE and moderate building to strong. These winds almost always
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