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Date: | Sun, 9 Aug 2009 11:37:26 -0400 |
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Hello everybody,
I was amongst an impressive group of 23 birders who braved the rainy
weather yesterday to see shorebirds on a walk at Ottawa led by Chris
Knoll. The highlight was an American Avocet seen in pool 2a along with
many other shorebird species. It had apparently arrived very recently
because it had not been reported by anyone who had been there on Friday.
We walked around pool 2a, but the east side of this impoundment was by
far the most productive. Here is a link to a map of Ottawa's walking
trails from Black Swamp Bird Observatory's web site:
http://www.bsbo.org/birding/pdf/OttawaNWR-Trails.pdf
A little blue heron was also spotted in MS 8b. Here are some other
notable shorebird species seen during our walk:
Common snipe
Short-billed dowitcher
Lesser yellowlegs
Greater yellowlegs
Solitary sandpiper
Pectoral sandpiper
Stilt sandpiper
Spotted sandpiper
Least sandpiper
Semipalmated sandpiper
Jim Witter
Seasonal Naturalist
Sportsmen's Migratory Bird Center
Magee Marsh Wildlife Area
13229 W. St. Rt. 2
Oak Harbor, OH 43449
419-898-0960 ext. 29
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