Canada (Ontario) adult
Cooper Marsh - Likely one of the birds from the local breeding pair.
Mar 28
Purple Sandpiper (41)
Dec 14 2023
immature, outside normal range
Cobourg - I checked out another Purple Sandpiper and had good luck with this bird.
Dec 18 2023
Nov 16 2023
juvenile
Erieau - I had tried a number of times this fall to find the species in various areas but failed until this day. Living up to its reputation, the bird was wonderfully cooperative. I did not approach it, the bird was simply very close when I found it, almost stumbling over it in a dark corner of a breakwater. Thankfully it later went into the light.
Nov 20 2023
Oct 29 2023
La Passe - Flocks of cranes were feeding in fields where corn had been recently harvested.
Oct 30 2023
White-rumped Sandpiper (41)
Oct 12 2023
immature
Presqu'ile Provincial Park - On Gull Island. The walk over was much better than my trip in September. The water was only knee deep instead of waist deep and that was only for about two minutes of the walk. The rest was much shallower. Also the distance across had been shortened by 75%, making for about a five minute crossing.
Oct 13 2023
Oct 12 2023
Presqu'ile Provincial Park -
Oct 13 2023
Sep 14 2023
juvenile
Presqu'ile Provincial Park
Oct 4 2023
Sep 7 2023
summer plummage
Sep 9 2023
juvenile, summer plummage
Sep 6 2023
juvenile, summer plummage
Sep 6 2023