Shorebirds at Penn Lake Park

I did a quick check of Penn Lake for shorebirds this morning and was pleased to find the following:

• Least Sandpiper 3
• Pectoral Sandpiper 1(photo below)
• Stilt Sandpiper 1
• Killdeer 1
• Semipalmated Plover 3
• Lesser Yellowlegs 1
• Wilson's Snipe 1(photo below)

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Baird's Sandpiper at Cummings Beach

Yesterday I caught a quick glimpse of three Baird's Sandpipers flying by in the company of a half a dozen Least Sandpipers. These are the two peeps we see most frequently in August and September. Today, a lone Baird's Sandpiper foraged beside the boat launch at Cummings Beach.

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Shorebirds near Pukaskwa National Park

As one drives south on Hwy 627, just before the bridge over the Pic River, the "s-curve pond" comes into view. Today it held a nice group of southbound shorebirds - Stilt Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs and Short-billed Dowitcher.

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More shorebirds

As seen at Penn Lake and in Peninsula Harbour on Sept 5th and 6th

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Buff-breasted Sandpiper (one of four birds present)

Buff-breasted Sandpiper (one of four birds present)

Least Sandpiper

Stilt Sandpiper and Lesser Yellowlegs at Penn Lake

Baird's Sandpiper