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Birding Reports => Toronto Reports => Topic started by: Andreas Jonsson on September 20, 2010, 04:37:57 AM

Title: Shorebirds at Frenchman's Bay, Sun. 19 Sep.
Post by: Andreas Jonsson on September 20, 2010, 04:37:57 AM

Hi,

I found the following shorebirds at Frenchman's Bay on Sunday:

30 Lesser Yellowlegs
1 Solitary Sandpiper
5 Pectoral Sandpiper
3 Stilt Sandpiper
1 Long-billed Dowitcher
2 Least Sandpiper

Some digi-scoped images and videos are available here:

http://picasaweb.google.ca/andreasjon/B ... directlink (http://picasaweb.google.ca/andreasjon/BirdsAtKrosnoCreekDurhamOntarioSep192010?feat=directlink)

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p ... 929D2DECED (http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=8145AE929D2DECED)

Most birds were in Krosno Creek just east of Frenchman's Bay. The exceptions were the Solitary and
Least Sandpipers which were found in the NW corner of Frenchman's Bay.

PS. I dropped my Sibley's Eastern Guide somewhere along the way. If you find it, please let me know. Thanks.

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Post by: Lloyd on September 20, 2010, 04:38:16 PM

I watched the youtube video of the Long-billed Dowitcher. An excellent video marred only by that damn rubber tire. It's sad that natural wildlife habitats are still magnets for people's trash.

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Post by: Andreas Jonsson on September 20, 2010, 04:51:04 PM

Yes, that creek is unfortunately just filled with rubbish. Birds don't seem to mind though.

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Post by: David Shilman on September 24, 2010, 08:58:42 AM

Nice!  What is your video camera?

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Post by: Andreas Jonsson on September 24, 2010, 10:17:25 AM

Hi David,

I use a very simple (and old) snapshot camera, the Casio Z750, mainly because it has a 3x zoom lens, which is optimal for digiscoping. It has VGA resolution video. However, I am looking into getting a new camera with high definition video. Canon S95, Canon SD4000, Canon SD1400...

Andreas