*** Species Summary:

– Semipalmated Plover (1 report)
– Lesser Yellowlegs (3 reports)
– Semipalmated Sandpiper (1 report)
– Least Sandpiper (2 reports)
– Yellow-billed Cuckoo (1 report)
– Olive-sided Flycatcher (1 report)
– Cliff Swallow (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

Semipalmated Plover

Semipalmated Plover

Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) (1)
– Reported Aug 18, 2013 08:19 by Donald Sutherland
– Briar Hill Bird Sanctuary, Peterborough, Ontario
– Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.1692525,-78.376721&ll=44.1692525,-78.376721
– Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14950910
– Comments: “juvenile”

Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) (2)
– Reported Aug 18, 2013 08:19 by Donald Sutherland
– Briar Hill Bird Sanctuary, Peterborough, Ontario
– Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.1692525,-78.376721&ll=44.1692525,-78.376721
– Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14950910
– Comments: “juveniles”

Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) (2)
– Reported Aug 18, 2013 08:41 by Donald Sutherland
– Millbrook Conservation Area, Peterborough, Ontario
– Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.1492506,-78.4480704&ll=44.1492506,-78.4480704
– Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14950873

– Comments: “juveniles”

Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) (2)
– Reported Aug 18, 2013 10:45 by Donald Sutherland
– 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=S14950748
– Comments: “juveniles, foraging on  algae mats/muck W of road”
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) (4)
– Reported Aug 18, 2013 10:45 by Donald Sutherland
– 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=S14950748
– Comments: “molting adults, foraging on algae mats/muck W of road”

Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) (5)
– Reported Aug 18, 2013 08:19 by Donald Sutherland
– Briar Hill Bird Sanctuary, Peterborough, Ontario
– Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.1692525,-78.376721&ll=44.1692525,-78.376721
– Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14950910
– Comments: “juveniles”

Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) (5)
– Reported Aug 18, 2013 10:45 by Donald Sutherland
– 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=S14950748
– Comments: “juveniles, foraging on algae mats/muck W of road”

Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) (1)
– Reported Aug 18, 2013 07:30 by Donald Sutherland
– Whitfield Landing Cavan-Monaghan Park, Peterborough, Ontario
– Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.2120806,-78.3549142&ll=44.2120806,-78.3549142
– Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14950952
– Comments: “calling repeatedly, giving ‘couwp’ call, to N of parking lot”

Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) (1)
– Reported Aug 18, 2013 07:05 by Donald Sutherland
– Fraserville–2.5 km NE on Bartlett Rd, Peterborough, Ontario
– Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.2171806,-78.3614208&ll=44.2171806,-78.3614208
– Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14951029
– Comments: “calling, ‘three-beers’ call from top of leafless maple 100-200m E of road along north hydro corridor”

Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) (1)
– Reported Aug 18, 2013 08:41 by Donald Sutherland
– Millbrook Conservation Area, Peterborough, Ontario
– Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=44.1492506,-78.4480704&ll=44.1492506,-78.4480704
– Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14950873
– Comments: “foraging over millpond”

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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.