*** Species Summary:

– Blue-winged Teal (1 report)
– Great Egret (1 report)
– Great Egret (American) (1 report)
– Lesser Yellowlegs (2 reports)
– Least Sandpiper (2 reports)
– Cliff Swallow (1 report)
– Cliff Swallow (Northern) (1 report)

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Thank you for subscribing to the <daily> Needs Alert for Peterborough. The report below shows observations of species you have not seen in Peterborough, based on your eBird observations.  View this alert on the web at http://ebird.org/ebird/alert/summary?sid=SN34560
NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated

Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors) (1)
– Reported Aug 10, 2013 08:29 by Bill Crins
– Lakefield–Sewage Lagoons, Peterborough, Ontario
– Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.4180879,-78.2587266&ll=44.4180879,-78.2587266
– Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14897325

Great Egret (Ardea alba) (1)
– Reported Aug 11, 2013 06:15 by Iain Rayner
– Peterborough–University Road Wetland, Peterborough, Ontario
– Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.3374934,-78.2822013&ll=44.3374934,-78.2822013
– Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14901840
– Comments: “Took off upon arrival. Large white heron slightly smaller then Great Blue. Yellow beak, all black legs.”

Great Egret (American) (Ardea alba egretta) (1)
– Reported Aug 10, 2013 08:01 by Bill Crins
– Peterborough-University Rd. wetland, Peterborough, Ontario
– Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.3363168,-78.2829698&ll=44.3363168,-78.2829698
– Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14897256
– Comments: “discovered yesterday by Tony Bigg; photographed”

Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) (2)
– Reported Aug 11, 2013 06:15 by Iain Rayner
– Peterborough–University Road Wetland, Peterborough, Ontario
– Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.3374934,-78.2822013&ll=44.3374934,-78.2822013
– Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14901840

Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) (2)
– Reported Aug 10, 2013 08:01 by Bill Crins
– Peterborough-University Rd. wetland, Peterborough, Ontario
– Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.3363168,-78.2829698&ll=44.3363168,-78.2829698
– Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14897256

Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) (1)
– Reported Aug 10, 2013 08:29 by Bill Crins
– Lakefield–Sewage Lagoons, Peterborough, Ontario
– Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.4180879,-78.2587266&ll=44.4180879,-78.2587266
– Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14897325

Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) (4)
– Reported Aug 11, 2013 06:15 by Iain Rayner
– Peterborough–University Road Wetland, Peterborough, Ontario
– Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.3374934,-78.2822013&ll=44.3374934,-78.2822013
– Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14901840

Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) (10)
– Reported Aug 11, 2013 07:20 by Iain Rayner
– Lakefield–Sewage Lagoons, Peterborough, Ontario
– Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.4180879,-78.2587266&ll=44.4180879,-78.2587266
– Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14901911
– Comments: “At least”

Cliff Swallow (Northern) (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota [pyrrhonota Group]) (3)
– Reported Aug 10, 2013 08:29 by Bill Crins
– Lakefield–Sewage Lagoons, Peterborough, Ontario
– Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.4180879,-78.2587266&ll=44.4180879,-78.2587266
– Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14897325

Categories: Sightings

Drew Monkman

I am a retired teacher, naturalist and writer with a love for all aspects of the natural world, especially as they relate to seasonal change.