Birds added to the life lists

On Saturday, we drove out to Britannia Rd, between 5th and 6th Line. Due to construction, there is a new pond recently formed. Naturally this has created a haven for birds. We were able to see three new never-before-seen (for us) birds. We think there may have been a fourth, but since there was quite a distance from where we were to the water and there was so much movement, it's difficult to say for sure. We plan to make another visit out there soon for a second viewing.

Here's what we have confirmed to see: semi-palmated plovers, least sandpipers and dunlins (the dunlins have the black underbelly).









On a prior visit we also saw yellow legs (not sure if they were greater or lesser), but we have seen those before on our fall 08 trip out to NB.




While we were watching the birds, there was a sudden movement and they all took off. What we think is a peregrine falcon flew by and everyone headed for cover. Dave said he read that a peregrine has been in the area, so it's not out of question that we saw it too. It was definitely too small for most hawks and had a different body shape than a hawk as well, so that's our best guess. The pics of that don't reveal much as the falcon was very high up and of course was moving very quickly.