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[Ontbirds] Shorebirds

Ellen Smout

Sat, Oct 8, 2011 12:49 AM

Hi all

Large number and variety of shorebirds late this afternoon 1 km north of County Rd 42 on the east side of Comber side road.

The birds were between Agris and the canning place in the only wet field.

The list is as follow

Bb plover 300
Golden plover 600
Semi palmated plover 1
Killdeer 50
Lesser yellowlegs 50
Greater yellowlegs 15
Solitary sandpiper 1
Hudsonian godwits 11
Sanderling 5
Dunlin 10
Short billed dowitcher 1
Snipe 1

Mixed flock of over 200 birds consisting of

Semi palmated sandpiper
Western sandpiper
Least sandpiper
White rumped sandpiper
Bairds sandpiper
Pectoral sandpiper

The Comber exit is also 77.

It was awesome birding, we parked at Agris and walked up the side of the road.

Good birding

Ellen Smout & Martin Blagdurn

Questions email me, this is a lot of typing on an iPhone!

Sent from my iPhone

Hi all Large number and variety of shorebirds late this afternoon 1 km north of County Rd 42 on the east side of Comber side road. The birds were between Agris and the canning place in the only wet field. The list is as follow Bb plover 300 Golden plover 600 Semi palmated plover 1 Killdeer 50 Lesser yellowlegs 50 Greater yellowlegs 15 Solitary sandpiper 1 Hudsonian godwits 11 Sanderling 5 Dunlin 10 Short billed dowitcher 1 Snipe 1 Mixed flock of over 200 birds consisting of Semi palmated sandpiper Western sandpiper Least sandpiper White rumped sandpiper Bairds sandpiper Pectoral sandpiper The Comber exit is also 77. It was awesome birding, we parked at Agris and walked up the side of the road. Good birding Ellen Smout & Martin Blagdurn Questions email me, this is a lot of typing on an iPhone! Sent from my iPhone

Dwayne Murphy

Tue, Oct 11, 2011 1:15 AM

Hello Ontbirders,

Happy Thanksgiving!

On the advice of Ellen Smout, I visited the flooded field in Comber in the evening and was rewarded with excellent views of shorebirds including 7 Hudsonian Godwits.

There seemed to be much more variety tonight than I had seen on Saturday afternoon.

I took some pictures of these incredible shorebirds if anyone is interested:
http://dwaynejava.blogspot.com/2011/10/better-looks-at-hudsonian-godwits-and.html

Shorebirds seen tonight are basically the same list of birds seen in Ellen's original posting (below). It seemed like there was a great drop in Golden Plovers though.

Good birding!
Dwayne Murphy

Directions:
Go 1 km north of the intersection of County Rd 42 and Comber side road. Look on the East side of the road just past the Agris Co-op plant.

From: Ellen Smout eas9999@yahoo.com
To: OntBirds birdalert@ontbirds.ca;
Sent: Friday, October 7, 2011 8:49:54 PM
Subject: [Ontbirds] Shorebirds

Hi all

Large number and variety of shorebirds late this afternoon 1 km north of County Rd 42 on the east side of Comber side road.

The birds were between Agris and the canning place in the only wet field.

The list is as follow

Mixed flock of over 200 birds consisting of

Semi palmated sandpiper
Western sandpiper
Least sandpiper
White rumped sandpiper
Bairds sandpiper
Pectoral sandpiper

The Comber exit is also 77.

It was awesome birding, we parked at Agris and walked up the side of the road.

Good birding

Ellen Smout & Martin Blagdurn

Questions email me, this is a lot of typing on an iPhone!

Sent from my iPhone

ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization.
Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca
For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/

Hello Ontbirders, Happy Thanksgiving! On the advice of Ellen Smout, I visited the flooded field in Comber in the evening and was rewarded with excellent views of shorebirds including 7 Hudsonian Godwits. There seemed to be much more variety tonight than I had seen on Saturday afternoon. I took some pictures of these incredible shorebirds if anyone is interested: http://dwaynejava.blogspot.com/2011/10/better-looks-at-hudsonian-godwits-and.html Shorebirds seen tonight are basically the same list of birds seen in Ellen's original posting (below). It seemed like there was a great drop in Golden Plovers though. Good birding! Dwayne Murphy Directions: Go 1 km north of the intersection of County Rd 42 and Comber side road. Look on the East side of the road just past the Agris Co-op plant. ________________________________ From: Ellen Smout <eas9999@yahoo.com> To: OntBirds <birdalert@ontbirds.ca>; Sent: Friday, October 7, 2011 8:49:54 PM Subject: [Ontbirds] Shorebirds Hi all Large number and variety of shorebirds late this afternoon 1 km north of County Rd 42 on the east side of Comber side road. The birds were between Agris and the canning place in the only wet field. The list is as follow Bb plover 300 Golden plover 600 Semi palmated plover 1 Killdeer 50 Lesser yellowlegs 50 Greater yellowlegs 15 Solitary sandpiper 1 Hudsonian godwits 11 Sanderling 5 Dunlin 10 Short billed dowitcher 1 Snipe 1 Mixed flock of over 200 birds consisting of Semi palmated sandpiper Western sandpiper Least sandpiper White rumped sandpiper Bairds sandpiper Pectoral sandpiper The Comber exit is also 77. It was awesome birding, we parked at Agris and walked up the side of the road. Good birding Ellen Smout & Martin Blagdurn Questions email me, this is a lot of typing on an iPhone! Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/