Lynde Shores Conservation Area Oct 8

[Ally]

I didn't realized it contained the areas of the Halls Road until the time I was about the leave... It just looked familiar for me... Well, Ally, the lost one.

[Ally]

Did a lot of hand feeding. Not a lot of varieties, but the quantities are certainly impressive. Black birds( some one was having an identity crisis). Didn't see shorebirds, apart from some herons, geese, as a matter of fact, I didn't find the board walk.... Again,  Ally, the lost one

Sometimes, life gives you a peanut, and you are just a BC Chickadee.

[Shortsighted]

The board walk is located at the eastern edge of the park just south of the main road.
The reeds on either side of the dilapidated board walk at this time of year may be so
tall that they act as walls blocking your view. The trail from Lynde Shore heading south
connects to the new path that gently curves through the open field and ends at Hall's Rd.
Cranberry Marsh access is located farther down Hall's Rd., both the north access point
and the most southern access point. The later has a very short trail that takes you to
the southern edge of the marsh (marsh then located to your north) placing the sun behind
you and a good spot for shorebirds. There were many this year. I wish I could have gone.
Enough Pectoral sandpipers to start an insurrection, including Godwit, Sora, Virginia Rail
and Least Bittern. All good stuff!

[Ally]

The board walk is located at the eastern edge of the park just south of the main road.
The reeds on either side of the dilapidated board walk at this time of year may be so
tall that they act as walls blocking your view. The trail from Lynde Shore heading south
connects to the new path that gently curves through the open field and ends at Hall's Rd.
Cranberry Marsh access is located farther down Hall's Rd., both the north access point
and the most southern access point. The later has a very short trail that takes you to
the southern edge of the marsh (marsh then located to your north) placing the sun behind
you and a good spot for shorebirds. There were many this year. I wish I could have gone.
Enough Pectoral sandpipers to start an insurrection, including Godwit, Sora, Virginia Rail
and Least Bittern. All good stuff!

Thanks, Maybe next time. I asked about 5 people, but no one knows. And I made two attempts to enter the reed, one at the left of the parking lot, it was abandoned or something. One further in the area, but no access. By the time I was at the Halls Road, I did not try, because I took too many handfeeding pics of my friend, the battery died. :lol:  :lol:

[Shortsighted]

By golly, you need a spare battery to avoid future folly.


Cranberry Marsh from the south side.


Meadow south of Lynde Shore woodlot


Mouth of Duffin's Creek accessible by walking along beach (eastbound) from the southern end of the trail that
leads through the meadow pictured above starting from the woodlot where bird feeding is popular.

[Ally]

By golly, you need a spare battery to avoid future folly.
I will, thanks for the advice. As always. Thanks for all the kind and encouraging messages.

[Dinusaur]

On Oct 3rd I dropped by Frenchman's Bay and Cranberry Marsh (Hall's Road). The bay has a nice shorebird habitat; however, the access was a bit tricky and needed knee-high rubber boots. I managed to see four Hudsonian Godwits and two Long-billed Dowitchers together with many other shorebirds. Then to the south end of Cranberry Marsh where I managed to see 16 Pectoral Sandpiper together with a bunch of least and semipalmated. That end of the Marsh has dried up; I understand that the east platform from Lynde Shore has view to remaining watery marsh area. Lynde shore used to be one my favorite spots when I first started birding. The board-walk was much longer those days and people used to take a lot of wedding photos there. A few years ago a Mandarin Duck (most likely an escapee) showed up in Lynde Shore.