Red Knots at Longridge Point on James Bay on 1 August 2012

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2013

Hillman Marsh Shorebird Cell near Point Pelee - new shorebird shelter - May 2013

Short-billed Dowitchers at Hillman Marsh on 15 May 2013 - video

Black-bellied Plovers at Hillman Marsh on 15 May 2013 - video

First summer Piping Plover at the Tip of Point Pelee on 12 May 2013

2012

James Bay, Longridge Point, Ontario, Red Knot and Shorebird Surveys - 5 pages of photos and videos - 30 July to 31 August 2012

Hudson Bay, Burntpoint Camp in Polar Bear Provincial Park, 22 June-18 July 2012

Variation in Dunlin in breeding p lumage at Colonel Sam Smith Park in Toronto on 23 May 2012

White-rumped Whimbrel at Toronto Whimbrel Watch on 22 May 2012. Four photos by Dave Milsom.

Piping Plover at Reesor Pond in Markham, Ontario on 22 May 2012

Blenheim Lagoons, Hillman Long-billed Dowitchers, Point Pelee National Park, 4 & 5 May

Long-billed Dowitcher at Scanlon Creek Conservation Area near Bradford in Simcoe County, 21 April 2012

Hope, a Whimbrel carrying a satellite transmitter, returns to Virginia's Eastern Shore on 5 April 2012

Ontario Shorebird Conservation Plan

2011

Collared Plover on a sandbar in the Napo River in Ecuador on 21 November 2011

Hudsonian Godwits in juvenal plumage at Frenchman's Bay, Pickering, near Toronto on 5 October 2011

Shorebirds and shorebirders at Presqu'ile Provincial Park on the north shore of Lake Ontario east of Toronto on 4 October 2011

Red Knot and Shorebirds at Presqu'ile Provincial Park on Lake Ontario on 22 September 2011

Second Whimbrel, Goshen, shot in Guadeloupe on 12 September 2011

News Advisory about Whimbrel Machi shot in Guadeloupe on 12 Septmeber 2011

James Bay Red Knot and Shorebird Surveys. 16 July to 14 August 2011. 8 pages of photos of Red Knots, shorebirds, other birds, butterflies, mammals & crew.

Bristle-thighed Curlew near Nome, Alaska on 3 July

Whimbrel migrating at Colonel Sam Smith Park in Toronto on 25 May 2011

Two Red-necked Phalaropes at Shoeless Joes in Leamington near Point Pelee on 20 May 11

2010

Juvenile Long-billed Dowitcher two photos at Hydro Marsh, Pickering, east of Toronto on 20 September 2010

Hamilton Shorebirds including unusual Semipalmated Sandpiper. 6 and 12 September 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

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

Spring Long-billed and Short-billed Dowitcher Identification.

Long-billed Dowitcher at Hillman Marsh Shorebird Cell near Point Pelee 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

Shorebirds and Polar Bears of Akimiski Island, James Bay, Nunavut, Canada Part 2 1-25 August 2008

Akimiski Island, James Bay, Nunavut, Canada Part 1  from 22 May to 11 June 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