[Ontbirds] THEDFORD SEWAGE LAGOONS AUG. 6th.

2017-08-06 Thread Alf Rider via ONTBIRDS
THEDFORD IS VERY CLOSE TO THE PINERY PARK. For the first time this Fall I went towards the GRAND BEND SEWAGE LAGOONS. However-- Holiday traffic is dense and so I peeled off to the THEDFORD LAGOONS. There was a lot of shorebird activity today. Dozens of Lesser Yellowlegs and KILLDEER with a

[Ontbirds] Wilson's Phalarope - Beeton Sod Farms 11th sideroad

2017-08-06 Thread John Schmelefske via ONTBIRDS
First discovered by David and Regan Goodyear. Four juvenile Wilson’s phalaropes were present in a flooded sod field this evening at 6:45. Numerous other shorebirds present including 2 Short-billed Dowitchers, Pectoral and Least Sandpipers and Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs. Location: Going

[Ontbirds] 2 Cattle Egrets in Chatham-Kent

2017-08-06 Thread Tim Arthur via ONTBIRDS
At about 6:35pm I came across two Cattle Egrets on Townline Rd. about 250 metres northwest of Maple Line in Chatham-Kent County. This about 1.5 km from the St. Clair National Wildlife Refuge. After watching and photographing them for a few minutes a truck drove by and they flew off in a northwest