Nothing too exciting this weekend as it was a crap shoot where to go!
Friday I went down to Rondeau and area, but it was fairly quiet for passerines. I later stopped by Blenheim lagoons to check on the shorebirds. It has been very good there of late, and actually the best in years.
I lucked into an American Avocet, my favourite shorebird!
The next day, it morphed into two more birds! The following day, three were down in Essex lagoons, so that is where they went obviously.
I went for a short walk at Reid CA in the afternoon. There were a few warblers along the trail. This Royal River Cruiser posed for a photo.
Yard things included Common Checkered-Skipper and a Cape May Warbler.
Saturday, I went down to Hillman Marsh and walked the dike loop. That walk has good potential for something, but I did not turn up anything of note. I had hoped the Wood Storks were hiding there somewhere, but oddly they were only seen the one day.
In the afternoon, I went for another walk at Reid CA. An early Lincoln's Sparrow popped up.
Sunday, I wanted to get up to north Lambton, so went to Kettle Point. Big mistake! I should have went to Sarnia where multiple jaegers were seen. I did a lakewatch at the point with James Holdsworth. I thought there was potential for something, but not much was moving there. However, we did get on a flock of shorebirds which were Sanderling, plus a chunky bird. It was a Red Knot! They were moving too fast to get any sort of photo. In less than an hour, they were reported at Sarnia/Port Huron!
It was a drizzly day unfortunately, so I could not do much else.
Today, I went down to Rondeau for a lakewatch. It had potential, but once again, nothing of note showed. I then walked south point trail, finding lots of warblers. I guess the best one was a Mourning.
It was then on to Blenheim lagoons to see the shorebird spectacle. Lots of took at! Something must be really good in the sewage in the middle pond, where most of the shorebirds hang out.
The same shorebirds were present, including the Red Knot.
Two Red-necked, and two Wilson's Phalaropes were also in the mix.
It was nice to see so many shorebirds there. One of these days, perhaps we will see something really good.
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