GREAT EGRETS, EVERETT GRAVEL PIT, ADJALA-TOSORONTIO, ON, 8/23/15

   The two white birds on the left are Great Egrets; the one on the left being tagged. 

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.

DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT, EVERETT GRAVEL PIT, ADJALA-TOSORONTIO, ON

CASPIAN TERN, EVERETT GRAVEL PIT, ADJALA-TOSORONTIO, ON

   This photo is somewhat grainy do to the distance and then enlarging it further.

KILDEER, EVERETT GRAVEL PIT, ADJALA-TOSORONTIO, ON

   The Everett Gravel Pit is located on Sideroad 5 between Concession Roads 3 and 4 in the township of Adjala-Tosorontio, ON.  We traveled to the gravel pit with a group from the Ontario Field Ornithologists.  We also visited the Palgrave Conservation Area and sod farms in Tottenham.

NORTHERN FLICKER, FINNERTY SIDE ROAD, CALEDON, ON

   

HORSES, FINNERTY SIDE ROAD, CALEDON, ON

   While birding this morning we came across these horses.