J-Oct 5th

                                                                                   Trip Leader: John Cummings,

Participants: Fred ,  Bonnie ,  John and Brenda, Dave,  Margaret , Liz , James ,  Ralph and Mary Anne , Werner ,  Carole , Norma, Arlene ,  Liz , Lionel, Heather Doug and BJ 

HI Everyone,

The birding club went to the West Perth Wetlands or as many of us call this destination,  the Michel Sewage Lagoons.  Thank you to Brenda and John  for hosting us with goodies and coffee as we gathered prior to our birding day.

Sometimes happiness is caused by great surprises and the great surprise today was an Hudsonian Godwit.  This is a new record for the BBC and it brought smiles and new lifers for many in the group.   It gave us great looks.  The wetlands are one of the best spots we go to for shorebirds and today was no exception with 10 species.

The weather was sunny, little wind and a high of about 20 C.

1.        • Canada Goose

2.        • Mallard

3.        • American Black Duck

4.        • Northern Pintail

5.        • Northern Shoveler

6.        • Ruddy Duck

7.        • Turkey Vulture

8.        • Northern Harrier

9.        • Red-tailed Hawk

10.        • Wild Turkey

11.        • Black-bellied Plover

12.        • American Golden Plover

13.        *** Hudsonian Godwit - new record for the BBC

14.        • Killdeer

15.        • Greater Yellowlegs

16.        • Lesser Yellowlegs

17.        • Dunlin

18.        • White-rumped Sandpiper

19.        • Baird's Sandpiper

20.        • Long-billed Dowitcher

21.        • Ring-billed Gull

22.        • Herring Gull

23.        • Mourning Dove

24.        • Rock Pigeon

25.        • Blue Jay

26.        • American Crow

27.        • Black-capped Chickadee

28.        • European Starling

29.        • Savannah Sparrow

30.        • Song Sparrow

31.        • American Goldfinch

32.        • House Sparrow

32 species seen

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