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Frenchman's Bay, Pickering,
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Two juvenile Red Knots on 31 August 2010 |
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A good
selection of juvenile shorebirds was at Frenchman's Bay in Pickering
just east of Toronto on 31 August 2010 |
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Juvenile Red Knot on 31 August 2010. Note dark subterminal mark in
the scapulars and coverts indicates a juvenile. |
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There were six Stilt
Sandpiper. This individual is in juvenal plumage on 31 August 2010. |
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Stilt
Sandpiper molting to first basic plumage. Several grey basic
feathers are already in the upper scapulars. 31 August 2010. |
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Grey
morph juvenile
Baird's Sandpiper on 31 August 2010. Record numbers of juvenile
Baird's are being reported in Ontario this year. |
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Juvenile Baird's Sandpiper on 31 August 2010 |
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Juvenile Least Sandpiper on 31 August 2010. |
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Juvenile Semipalmated Sandpiper on 31 August 2010 |
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Juvenile Semipalmated Plover on 31 August 2010 |
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Two
juvenile Lesser Yellowlegs in confrontation on 31 August 2010 |
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Link
to article about shorebird breeding success in 2010 |
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http://www.jeaniron.ca/2010/JamesBay2010/longridgereports6.htm |
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Link to more
shorebirds
Frenchman's Bay Page 2 |
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