Index to Shorebirds

 

Juvenile Semipalmated Plover at Presqu'ile Park on 24 August 2009

2010

More juvenile shorebirds at Frenchman's Bay Page 2 on 4 September 2010

 

Juvenile shorebirds at Frenchman's Bay, Pickering just east of Toronto on 31 August 2010

 

Variation in White-rumped Sandpipers at Longridge Point, James Bay, Ontario, in July and August 2010. Seven photos.

 

James Bay Red Knot and Shorebird Surveys 14 July-17 August 2010. 6 pages of Red Knots, shorebirds, birds, mammals & crew.

 

Variation in Long-billed Dowitchers at Blenheim Lagoons on 6 May 2010

 

Shorebirds at Blenheim Lagoons on 6 May 2010 including three Wilson`s Phalaropes

 

Long-billed Dowitcher at 10th Road East, Saltfleet, between Stoney Creek and Grimsby, Ontario on 24 April 2010

 

Southern Lapwing at Gamboa Resort, near Panama City on 13 March 2010. I really wanted a photo of Southern Lapwing.

 

Whimbrels Photo 1 on mudflats in Panama City on 16 March 2010. Whimbrel Photo 2

 

2009

Purple Sandpiper and Dunlin at Presqu'ile Provincial Park, Ontario, three photos on 8 December 2009

 

Juvenal Long-billed Dowitcher with broken lower mandible, Presqu'ile, 13 Sept. It wasn't able to preen properly, see damaged scapulars in this photo

 

American Avocet molting into basic plumage at Pringle Creek in Whitby on 24 August 2009

 

Sanderling with lime green flag, adult molting into basic plumage, at Presqu'ile Provincial Park on 24 August 2009. It was banded in on 31 May 2008 at 8:53:00 a.m.at Mispillion Harbor - Osprey Point, Delaware, United States.

 

Least Sandpiper in juvenal plumage, molting adult Sanderling, molting adult Semipalmated Sandpiper at Presqu'ile Provincial Park on 5 August 2009

 

James Bay Shorebird and Red Knot Surveys Ontario, 16-29 July 2009

 

Spring Long-billed and Short-billed Dowitcher Identification.

 

Western Sandpiper in first alternate plumage at Windermere Basin, Hamilton, 5 photos on 8 June 2009

 

Purple Sandpiper 1, photo 2, in alternate plumage at Cobourg Harbour on 29 May 2009

 

Banded Piping Plover 4 photos at Darlington Provincial Park on 27 and 28 May 2009

 

Whimbrel migration in Toronto on 24 May 2009. 1814 birds counted.

 

Hudsonian Godwit 1, photo 2, photo 3, male in alternate plumage, Whitby, 23 May 2009

 

Long-billed Dowitcher 1, and photo 2 at Hillman Shorebird Cell on 17 May 2009

 

Western Willets photo 1 and photo 2 molting into alternate plumage at tip of Point Pelee, 10 May 2009

 

Hendersoni Short-billed Dowitcher at Hillman Shorebird Cell,10 May 2009

 

Long-billed Dowitcher at Hillman Shorebird Cell 9 May 2009

 

Male Ruff in breeding plumage at Britannia/8th Line, Milton, 5 May 2009

 

2008

American Avocet in first basic plumage at Duffins Creek, Ajax, Ontario, on 23 November 2008

 

Juvenile Curlew Sandpiper at Fort Erie, Ontario, on 5 October 2008

 

Molting adult male Hudsonian Godwit with deformed or broken bill near St. Catharines, Ontario, on 5 October 2008

 

Juvenile Red Knot at Presqu'ile Provincial Park on 8 September 2008

 

Two Male Ruffs (one black morph and one red morph) at Minesing Swamp on McKinnon Road near Angus on 6 May 2008

 

Long-billed Dowitcher at Minesing Swamp on McKinnon Road near Angus on 3 May 2008

 

Greater Yellowlegs in first alternate plumage at Minesing Swamp on McKinnon Road near Angus on 3 May 2008

 

Ruff and photo 2 on OFO Trip to Minesing Swamp on McKinnon Road near Angus on 27 April 2008

 

Spotted Sandpipers on Lake Simcoe north of Beaverton on 25 April 2008

 

2007

Juvenile Hudsonian Godwit1, photo2, photo3 at Darlington Ponds in Durham Region, east of Toronto, on 15 October 2007

 

Juvenile Stilt Sandpiper at mouth of Rouge River, Toronto, 16 September 2007

 

Gray morph juvenile Baird's Sandpiper 1, photo2 Nonquon Sewage Lagoons, Durham Region, 18 August 2007

 

Juvenile Short-billed Dowitcher, Waverly Beach, Fort Erie, on 11 August 2007

 

Mingan Archipelago In Quebec, Red Knot and shorebird surveys, 18 July to 6 August 2007

 

Three Whimbrels at Darlington Provincial Park east of Toronto on 28 May 2007

 

Whimbrel migration in Toronto on Lake Ontario on 23 May 2007

 

Variation in Short-billed Dowitchers at Hillman Shorebird Cell, May 2007

 

Point Pelee area shorebirds including Hillman Shorebird Cell and Wheatley Harbour, May 2007

 

Ruddy Turnstones molting into alternate plumage on San Blas Islands, Panama, on 25 March 2007

 

2006

 

Late Sanderling in first basic plumage at Reesor Ponds in Markham on 14 November 2006

 

American Avocet Photo 1, Photo 2, at Holland Landing, Ontario, sewage lagoons on 29 August 2006

 

Juvenile White-rumped Sandpiper in Pond Inlet, Nunavut on 22 August 2006

 

Juvenile Common Ringed Plover at Qaanaaq in western Greenland on 20 August 2006

 

Adult Purple Sandpiper and juvenile Purple Sandpiper in Svalbard in the Norwegian High Arctic on 1 August 2006

 

Red Knot in alternate plumage at Reesor Ponds in Markham on 21 June 2006

 

Akimiski Island in James Bay from 24 May to 9 June 2006.

 

Willets in alternate plumage at Wheatley Harbour on 8 May 2006

 

Dunlin in alternate plumage at Hillman Marsh shorebird compound on 8 May 2006

 

2005

 

Short-billed or Long-billed Dowitchers on 21 July 2005

 

Long-billed Dowitcher in early stages of first prebasic molt at Dundas Marsh in Hamilton on 8 October 2005.

 

Sanderling in its first prebasic molt at Van Wagners Beach in Hamilton on 8 October 2005.

 

Juvenile Buff-breasted Sandpiper at Presqu'ile Provincial Park on 27 August 2005.

 

James Bay Shorebirds from 1 - 9 August 2005, 2 pages:  James Bay Page 1,  James Bay Page 2.

 

Molting adult hendersoni Short-billed Dowitcher at Rock Point Provincial Park on the north shore of Lake Erie in Ontario on 28 July 2005.

 

Adult Baird's Sandpipers on 26 July 2005 at Reesor Ponds in Markham, Ontario.

 

Greater Yellowlegs in alternate plumage on 19 July 2005 at Reesor Ponds in Markham, Ontario.

 

Short-billed Dowitchers in worn alternate plumage on 17 July 2005 at Reesor Ponds in Markham, Ontario.

 

Stilt Sandpipers in worn alternate plumage on 17 July 2005 at Reesor Ponds in Markham, Ontario.

 

Short-billed Dowitcher in worn alternate plumage on 15 July 2005 at Schomberg, Ontario.

 

Lesser Yellowlegs in worn alternate plumage on 15 July at Schomberg, Ontario.

 

Short-billed Dowitcher apparently of the nominate subspecies griseus in probable first alternate (first breeding) plumage on 30 May 2005 at Sobeys Pond in Whitby. The amount of basic feathers and date suggest first alternate plumage.

 

Pectoral Sandpiper in alternate (breeding) plumage on 16 April 2005 at 10th Road near Beamer Conservation Area.

 

Dunlin 1  2  Two photos of same bird in worn basic (winter) plumage on 16 April 2005 at 10th Road near Beamer.

 

2004

 

Hudsonian Godwit at Winona Sewage Lagoons

 

Adult Long-billed Dowitcher 20 September 2004

 

2003

 

Juvenile Red-necked Phalarope beginning its molt into first basic (first winter) plumage at Harrow Sewage Lagoons, Ontario, 21 September 2003.

 

Juvenile Sanderling beginning its molt into first basic (winter) plumage at Presqu'ile Provincial Park on 7 September 2003.

 

Juvenile Black-bellied Plover at Presqu'ile Provincial Park on 7 September 2003.

 

Juvenile Buff-breasted Sandpiper at Sobeys Pond in Whitby, Ontario, 6 September 2003.

 

Short-billed Dowitchers in Ontario in 2003 showing birds in fresh alternate, worn alternate and juvenal plumage.

 

American Avocet on the Leslie Street Spit (Tommy Thompson Park), Toronto, Ontario, on 31 August 2003.

 

Juvenile Western Sandpiper at Rock Point Provincial Park, Ontario, 30 August 2003.

 

Juvenile Baird's Sandpiper at Rock Point Provincial Park, Ontario, 23 August 2003

 

Adult Pectoral Sandpiper at Rock Point Provincial Park, Ontario, 23 August 2003