Trip Leaders: Eric Jeffery and Steve Thorpe
Participants: Fred, Dave and Jean, Werner, Alfred, John and Kay, Beryl, Judy, Marlene, Anne-Marie and Bob, Eric, Steve
Hi Everyone,
Thank you, Eric and Steve for leading us on a great hike today. You did a great job in finding and identifying the birds for us. Our main reason for going to the Mitchell Lagoons was to see shorebirds. We saw 9 in total,including two Wilson’s Phalarope and a Stilt Sandpiper - the the best birds of the day. Seen were uncountable Lesser Yellowlegs, Pectoral Sandpipers were numerous and the Semipalmated Sandpipers put on a great display, W e enjoyed the family of Sora Rails, 2 juveniles and a parent. Thank you.
The weather was sunny, 19 Centrigrade with light winds.
Places visited.
1 - Enroute
2 - West Perth Wetlands, in Mitchell.
3 - Ripley Sewage Lagoons
• Canada Goose (CANG) -2
• Wood Duck (WODU) -2
• Mallard (MALL) -2
• Blue-winged Teal (BWTE) -2
• Hooded Merganser (HOME) -2,3
• Pied-billed Grebe (PBGR) - 3
• Great Blue Heron (GBHE) -1,2
• Great Egret (GREG) 2,3
• Green Heron (GRHE) -2
• Turkey Vulture (TUVU)- 1,2,
• Northern Harrier (NOHA) -1
• Red-tailed Hawk (RTHA) -1
• Sora (SORA) -2
• Killdeer (KILL) -2
• Spotted Sandpiper (SPSA) -2,3
• Solitary Sandpiper (SOSA) -2
• Lesser Yellowlegs (LEYE) 2,3
• Stilt Sandpiper (STSA) -2
• Least Sandpiper (LESA) -2
• Pectoral Sandpiper (PESA) -2
• Semipalmated Sandpiper (SESA) -2
• Wison's Snipe (WISN) -2
• Wilson's Phalarope (WIPH) -2
• Herring Gull (HERG) -3
• Rock Pigeon (ROPI) -1
• Mourning Dove (MODO) -1
• Chimney Swift (CHSW) -2
• American Crow (AMCR) - 1
• Horned Lark (HOLA) -1
• Tree Swallow (TRES) -1,2
• Cliff Swallow ( CLSW) -2
• Barn Swallow (BARS) 1,2
• American Robin (AMRO) -1
• European Starling (EUST) -1
• Cedar Waxwing (CEDW) -1
• Savannah Sparrow (SAVS) -1
• Song Sparrow (SOSP) -2
• Rose-breasted Grosbeak (RBGR) -2
• Red-winged Blackbird (RWBL) 1,2,3
• Baltimore Oriole (BAOR) -2
• American Goldfinch (AMGO) 2,3
• House Sparrow (HOSP) 3
42 species seen.
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