Today Dominic Sherony and I led the last guided shorebird walk on the
refuge this fall. The visitor center pond held good numbers of Lesser
Yellowlegs, 1 Greater Yellowlegs and 6 Pectoral Sandpipers among the
Northern Shoveler, Pintail, Teal, black Duck and Mallards. New waterfowl
arrivals
We're on our way back now, but we had a pretty successful trip until the
train started in earnest. Highlights were a very late BLACK-THROATED GREEN
WARBLER in the willows along shore at Long Point State Park; BONAPARTE'S
GULLS off Frontenac Park and Harris Park; both GLOSSY and WHITE-FACED IBIS
at
Here is our checklist with the Black-throated Green (although I think
others may have gotten better pictures):
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15544306
And Colvin Marsh with the white-faced Dunlin:
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15547469
On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 10:12
