Instead of heading back to the tip, I spent the day birding various spots along the lake from Wheatley Harbour to Port Stanley before booking it back to Guelph (the G spot as we affectionately call it). I didn't see much! The highlight was probably a very late Semipalmated Sandpiper at the Port Stanley lagoons with 1 Pectoral, 2 White-rumps, 1 Greater Yellowlegs, and 30ish Dunlin. Strong northwest winds kept the harbours nearly devoid of gulls.
Lots of Pipits today!
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| American Pipit - random sideroad near Hickville |
Ridgetown lagoons were alright, and I found a flock of 550ish Tundra Swans and a Northern Shrike. No photos of the shrike unfortunately - it was quite sneaky.
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| Tundra Swans - Ridgetown |
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| Tundra Swans - Ridgetown |
Female Hooded Merganser eating a Frog! I didn't realize what it was until I blew up the photo.
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| Hooded Merg |
Bonies are always fun to photograph.
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| Bonaparte's Gull - Ridgetown lagoons |
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| Bonaparte's Gull - Ridgetown lagoons |
I found a few massive flocks of gulls while driving random sideroads. Despite my best efforts, this one contained nothing other than 2,700+ Ringbilled Gulls with a handful of Bonies and Herring Gulls. My Mew Gull dreams have been squashed for another day.
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| Ring-billed Gulls |
And that's about it! I wasn't kidding when I said it was a slow day.
