Aug. 28 2019

Trip Leader:Kiah Jasper.

Participants: Fred Jazvac, Judy Duncan, Margaret Anderton, Ralph and Mary Anne Knowles, Norma Nanni, Alfred Raab, Arlene Richards, Doug and BJ Martin, Marilyn Ohler, Bob and Anne Marie Taylor, Erik Van Den Kieboom, Kiah Jasper, Anne Melady. Dana Latour, Ron ..., Merii-Lee Metzger, Theresa .., (21)

HI Everyone,

Today was a great shorebirding day seeing 13 species, with the Baird’s Sandpiper seen at Chalmers Pond getting plenty of excitement as it was in Bruce County, making the eBird listers very happy. The Red-necked Phalarope was the first phalarope of the year for the BBC, and that bird was well photographed. Considering we were only in shorebird habitat, the total of 56 birds was excellent.

Thank you, Kiah for doing an excellent job of leading us today. We appreciated your developing skills as a leader and the sense of humour that comes with that leadership.

Thank you, Anne for hosting us at your house today. It was a real treat to be surrounded by your lovely gardens, your kindness and your generosity. Your butter tarts were in a calibre of their own, and that along with the other treats, put a smile on many faces.

The weather was sunny and clear and around 22 C the whole time.

Places visited:

1 - En route

2 - Exeter Lagoons

3 - West Perth Wetlands

4 - Chalmers Pond

• Canada Goose (CANG)

• Wood Duck (WODU) 3

• American Black Duck (ABDU)- 3

• Mallard (MALL)

• Blue-winged Teal (BWTE) -2,3

• Northern Shoveler (NOSH) -2,3

• Northern Pintail (NOPI) - 2

• Green-winged Teal (GWTE) - 2,3

• Ring-necked Duck (RNDU) -2

• Ruddy Duck (RUDU) -2

• Wild Turkey (WITU) -1

• Pied-billed Grebe (PBGR) -2

• Double-crested Cormorant (DCCO) 2,3

• Great Blue Heron (GBHE) -2,3

• Turkey Vulture (TUVU) - 1

• Osprey (OSPR) -1,2

• Bald Eagle (BAEA) - 2

• Red-tailed Hawk (RTHA) -1

• Black-bellied Plover (BBPL) -3

• Semipalmated Plover (SEPL) 2,3

• Killdeer (KILL) 1,2,3

• Spotted Sandpiper (SPSA) -2,3,4

• Solitary Sandpiper (SOSA) -2,3,1

• Greater Yellowlegs (GRYE) -2,3

• Lesser Yellowlegs (LEYE) -2,3,1

• Stilt Sandpiper (STSA) -2,3

• Baird's Sandpiper (BASA) - 3,4

• Least Sandpiper (LESA) -2,3

• Pectoral Sandpiper (PESA) -2,3

• Semipalmated Sandpiper (SESA) -3

• Red-necked Phalarope) (RNPH) -2

• Ring-billed Gull (RBGU)

• Herring Gull (HEGU)

• Rock Pigeon (ROPI) -1

• Mourning Dove (MODO) -1

• Chimney Swift (CHSW) -3

• Belted Kingfisher (BEKI) -1,3,

• Northern Flicker (NOFL) -1

• Merlin (MERL) -2

• Peregrine Falcon (PEFA) -2,3

• American Crow (AMCR) -1

• Common Raven (CORA) -1

• Tree Swallow (TRES) -2

• N Rough-winged Swallow (NRWS) -2

• Bank Swallow (BANS) -2,

• Cliff Swallow ( CLSW) -2

• Barn Swallow (BARS) -2,3

• American Robin (AMRO)

• Gray Catbird (GRCA) -3

• European Starling (EUST)

• Savannah Sparrow (SAVS) -2

• Song Sparrow (SOSP) -2,3

• Red-winged Blackbird (RWBL) - 1,3

• Common Grackle (COGR) -3

• American Goldfinch (AMGO) -2,3

• House Sparrow (HOSP) -1,

56 species seen, any errors or omissions, please contact sender.