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Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: Marnie on June 11, 2009, 10:52:42 AM

Title: Shore-bird on Don
Post by: Marnie on June 11, 2009, 10:52:42 AM

Sorry about the quality -- my super-duper zoom would work better if I had time to set up a tripod, but birds don't seem to hold still that long. Anyway, what is this, please? I saw a couple of them on the Don, north of Pottery Road, this morning.

(http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i282/marniem/P1030648.jpg)

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Post by: GStuart on June 11, 2009, 11:40:55 AM

Spotted Sandpiper.

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Post by: Marnie on June 11, 2009, 11:53:37 AM

Thank you! There's such a bewildering array of sandpipers in my guide that I didn't know where to start. I guess this is the most common one? Do we have other kinds in Toronto?

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Post by: raypye on June 11, 2009, 06:53:25 PM

There are 3 shorebirds that nest in Toronto- Spotted Sandpiper, Killdeer, and American Woodcock. These birds are all considered to be common nesting birds. There are 2 other shorebirds that nest in the GTA and are uncommon- Upland Sandpiper, and Wilson's Snipe.
During migration there are 20 common shorebirds and 15 to 20 uncommon shorebirds.
Rayfield Pye

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Post by: Marnie on June 11, 2009, 07:12:24 PM

Thanks very much. I've saved that info -- very helpful.

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Post by: Kin Lau on July 06, 2009, 06:39:00 PM

Quote from: "raypye"

There are 2 other shorebirds that nest in the GTA and are uncommon- Upland Sandpiper, and Wilson's Snipe.

Rayfield Pye

Upland in the GTA? How ummmm..... large is your definition of GTA?

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Post by: Tyler on July 06, 2009, 09:28:12 PM

East end of the GTA i.e Durham Region has a handful of nesting Upland Sandpipers every year.  So far this year I have seen birds on territory east of Orono, north of Uxbridge, south and east of Beaverton and east of Port Perry. All locations in Durham Region.
Also I have seen one in York Region east of Newmarket.

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Post by: Kin Lau on July 06, 2009, 11:45:18 PM

I guess whenever I see GTA, I think 416/647 rather than the 905 area.

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Post by: cloaca on July 07, 2009, 07:32:59 PM

Vaughan, too.

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Post by: Tyler on July 07, 2009, 09:08:51 PM

Would not surprise me at at if there were a few pairs nesting within the Pearson Airport Perimeter.
  Up in Moosonee the Upland sandpipers located during the atlas were in the airport.
 In Ohio most of the breeding Uplands are inside airport perimeters. We in southern Ontario are spoiled by the Carden Alvar and assume that Uplands are only there. They are quite spread out in southern Ontario just not to the densities of Carden,

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Post by: Margaret on July 07, 2009, 09:48:17 PM

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I guess whenever I see GTA, I think 416/647 rather than the 905 area.[/quote

Upland sandpiper seen N. of Brampton last year

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Post by: Kin Lau on July 08, 2009, 09:18:57 AM

I also know that they're in Camden East. I can hear them everytime I drive thru the area.