There are currently 34 American Avocets in the shorebird cell at Hillman
Marsh.
Both Yellowlegs and Dunlin also.
Hillman Marsh is East of Leamington on Mersea Road 2.
Mike Nelson
Leamington, ON
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At noon today there was a Ross's Goose on the east side of Wheatley harbour
on the beach with the Canada Geese.
Directions- from the 401 exit at Tilbury and take Road 1 (Wheatley
road)south all the way to the beach.
Mike Nelson
Leamington, ON
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White-winged Dove flew north along west beach parking lot at Point Pelee
N.P. . Calling a lot.
Mike Nelson
London, ON
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This morning at 11 a.m. the long staying Harlequin Duck was seen on the
Thames River just down river from Storybook Gardens in Springbank Park.
This duck seems to range widely up and down the river which is ice free
for a few kilometers.
Take the 401 to london, 402 exit, Colonel Talbot road
The Barrows Goldeneye was rediscovered at 12:30 by Blake Mann and Mike
Bowman in a narrow lead off the Sombra ferry dock with hundreds of Common
Goldeneye.
Take 40 South from Sarnia to Bentpath Lane turn right (west). Turn left on
St. Claire Parkway. Look for the street on the right which goes
Ron and Laura Tozer and I saw the King Eider at11:10 at lighthouse at the
far East end of the Peninsula.
In St. Catherines take Seaway Haulage Rd. To the end. Walk the trail all
the way to the end (about 2 km). Look SE from the lighthouse.
Mike Nelson
London, ON
This afternoon there was one male and one female Harlequin Duck off Arkendo
Park in Oakville,
same place as previously reported.
Directions: From QEW take Winston Churchill Blvd South, at Lakeshore Rd E
turn right and after 100 m turn left, at the and of Arkendo Dr there will
be small
There were 14 Snow Geese (1 Blue morph) in the north ponds at the
Ridgetown Sewage Lagoons this morning.
Also two lingering Tundra Swans and a good variety of ducks including a
good number of Wood Ducks.
At Rondeau Provincial Park there were many No. Flickers and Golden Crown
Kinglets, a
In a field south of Tilbury with large puddles this afternoon there was
a large flock (over 100) of plovers.
Most of them were A. Golden Plovers. Also seen were a few Least
Sandpipers, Semi-palmated
Sandipers, Pectoral Sandpipers and one Short-billed Dowitcher.
Directions: From the main
The Spotted Towhee continues to regularly visit the feeders at Long
Point. This morning I waited for almost one hour before the bird
appeared in the cedar hedge behind the feeders at the rear of the house.
This was at 12 noon.
There was a large flock of B.H. Cowbirds with a few RW Blackbirds
While looking for all the other gulls mentioned this week, I found a
Laughing Gull
on the main beach at Port Stanley at 10 am this morning. It was a
definitive basic, with some streaking on the head, fairly large black
beak with a little coloring at the end, but no white showing on the
The Blenheim Sewage Lagoons continue to to be productive, with cell 1 having
good habitat.
This afternoon there was one Whimbrel and 4 Buff-breasted Sandpipers there.
Also many other shorebirds including at least 3 Stilt Sandpipers, Lesser
Yellowlegs,
Semipalmated, Least, Baird's and
at intersection of Highway 81 and Highway 22. There is a car pool
lot on the north west corner. The owls are in this vicinity.
Michael Nelson,
London, Ontario
Just arrived back from a two day owl trip.
The N. HAWK OWL was seen on Wednesday Feb.23 at the same spot west of
Welcome,
at about 12 noon.
While looking for it we saw a MERLIN at the north-west corner of Highway 2
and
Deer Park Road.
Earlier that morning we saw the GREAT GRAY OWLS at Hall's
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