Trip Leader: Eric
Participants: Eric, Fred, James, Ralph, Carole, Norma, Alfred, Arlene, Judith B, Doug and BJ, Judy W, Bob and Anne Marie, Dennis, Anne M, Harold, Tom, Scott
Thank you, Eric for once more, competently taking us through the West Perth Wetlands. We shared our day with a pleasant group of Kincardine field naturalists. We saw a total of 52 species of birds which for this time of year and the limited habitats we traversed is an excellent number. Exeter improved our duck totals and repeated some of the birds we saw at Mitchell. However, we did see at least 6 species of Baird’s Sandpiper at Exeter. Previous to this, we were very pleased to see only one of these hard to find birds at Mitchell.
The weather was very warm but the stiff winds kept us cooler than the temperatures would normally allow.
Places visited:
1) West Perth Wetlands (Mitchell Lagoons)
2) Exeter Sewage Lagoons
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• Canada Goose (CANG)
• Mute Swan (MUSW) - Kiwanis Park
• Wood Duck (WODU)
• Gadwall (GADW)
• American Wigeon (AMWI)
• American Black Duck (ABDU)
• Mallard (MALL)
• Blue-winged Teal (BWTE) - Exeter
• Northern Shoveler (NOSH) - Exeter
• Green-winged Teal (GWTE)
• Redhead (REDH) - Exeter
• Ruddy Duck (RUDU) - Exeter
• Double-crested Cormorant (DCCO) - Exeter
• Great Blue Heron (GBHE)
• Green Heron (GRHE)
• Turkey Vulture (TUVU)
• Bald Eagle (BAEA)
• Red-tailed Hawk (RTHA)
• Sora (SORA)
• Semipalmated Plover (SEPL)
• Killdeer (KILL)
• Spotted Sandpiper (SPSA)
• Solitary Sandpiper (SOSA)
• Greater Yellowlegs (GRYE)
• Lesser Yellowlegs (LEYE)
• Stilt Sandpiper (STSA)
• Baird's Sandpiper (BASA)
• Least Sandpiper (LESA)
• Pectoral Sandpiper (PESA)
• Semipalmated Sandpiper (SESA)
• Wison's Snipe (WISN)
• Ring-billed Gull (RBGU)
• Rock Pigeon (ROPI)
• Mourning Dove (MODO)
• Chimney Swift (CHSW)
• American Kestrel (AMKE)
• American Crow (AMCR)
• Common Raven (CORA)
• Tree Swallow (TRES)
• Bank Swallow (BANS)
• Cliff Swallow ( CLSW)
• Barn Swallow (BARS)
• American Robin (AMRO)
• European Starling (EUST)
• Cedar Waxwing (CEDW)
• Savannah Sparrow (SAVS)
• Song Sparrow (SOSP)
• Bobolink (BOBO)
• Red-winged Blackbird (RWBL)
• Common Grackle (COGR)
• American Goldfinch (AMGO)
• House Sparrow (HOSP)