Shorebirds and lots of grebes at Rattray Marsh, Sun 5 Sep

[Andreas Jonsson]

This afternoon at Rattray Marsh in Missisauga I found a few select shorebirds and 150 Red-necked Grebes out on the lake. With respect to shorebirds, there are some nice mudflat areas above water, so it should be good at the next influx of birds.

26   Mute Swan   
15   Wood Duck   
3   Gadwall   
150   Red-necked Grebe   
1   Great Egret   
1   Osprey   
1   Semipalmated Plover   
1   Spotted Sandpiper   
2   Solitary Sandpiper   
1   Greater Yellowlegs   
8   Lesser Yellowlegs   
3   Least Sandpiper   
1   Pectoral Sandpiper

[Brian Bailey]

I'm glad you had good luck.  I was there late on Saturday afternoon and found no shorebirds there despite large expanses of mudflats.  I did see all 5 swallow species in a large flock swooping over the marsh.

BB

[Andreas Jonsson]

There wasn't a single shorebird there when I arrived. Well, at first sight anyway. But with time they started to appear, one by one. I saw four swallow species. There were lots of Cliff swallows. But no Tree swallow!