Shorebirdz + a Black Scoter in July?

Work took me near some known shorebird places over the last few days. Here's what I turned up (mainly noting habitat!)


Grand Bend SL - GOOOD habitat in two of the cells, and it should only get better if it dries up more. Birds:

~30 Lesser Yellowlegs
~15 Least Sandpipers
1 Solitary Sandpiper
1 Short-billed Dowitcher

A nice selection of puddle ducks, and the strangest observation being a singing White-throated Sparrow?


Exeter SL - limited shorebird habitat, but I still really like this place on high water. It's HUGE

1 Least Sandpiper

and a large collection of fun summer ducks, including the most unusual bird I've had in a while - a female Black Scoter! A rather odd bird for a Sewage Lagoon, or July!




Mitchell SL - habitat currently limited due to high water, but i've seen worse.

8 Lesser Yellowlegs
5 Least Sandpipers


Ressor Pond - 


Not great, but I did have 3 Lesser Yellowlegs, 10 Least Sandpipers, and an adult Trumpeter Swan..





This is what you can expect from early-mid July Shorebirding. A whole lot of pretty regular stuff, unless you get really lucky and turn up a grade A good bird!