BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, BEETON SOD FARMS, NEW TECUMSETH, ON, 8/23/15

   The plover was quite distant, so the photo is somewhat grainy, but the bird is recognizable.  We were able to I.D. this bird as a Black-bellied Plover (vs. American Golden Plover) as follows:

• If you look closely you can see that the undertail coverts are white (not black as in the American Golden Plover).
• The plover does not have a dark head cap, as the American Golden-Plover has.

   The sod farm where we saw the plover was near the intersection of 10th Line and 15 Sideroad in New Tecumseth.  Sod farms are great places to see gulls, plovers, sandpipers, etc. after the sod has been harvasted.