New Post, but Old New Birds

So it's been about 2months since I last posted.. I think its time for an update.

So I read in my last post that my last new bird was a Baird's Sandpiper, sitting at #241.. Well here are my most recent since then:

#242 - Stilt Sandpiper - Watford Sewage Lagoons - Aug19

#243 - Western Sandpiper - Watford Sewage Lagoons - Aug19 (LIFER)

#244 - Whimbrel - Kettle Point - Aug24 (County Lifer)

#245 - Long-tailed Jaeger - Sept03 (LIFER) (Adult to boot)

#246 - Red/" "-necked Phalarope    

#247 - Buff-breasted Sandpiper - Confederation Line - Sept13 (LIFER)

#248 - Connecticut Warbler - Forest Sewage Lagoons - Sept18

#249 - Northern Mockingbird - Alvinston - Sept21

#250 - Sabine's Gull - Kettle Point - Sept28


Some very exciting birds for me! 3 Lifers! A County Lifer! Some Awesome birding.

Some other Awesome birding I've done lately is down at Michelle's Bay.. Those of you reading Blake's blog probably already know about that though. I managed to get fairly good looks at both exciting birds this past friday! #1 was the Snowy Egret, which was an ABA Lifer, I have seen them in Costa Rica a few years ago, and #2 my life LIFER Marbled Godwit! We got to the site just in time as if we arrived 10min later it would have been gone because a boat scared it up!

Snowy Egret from my 2009 non-birding trip to Costa Rica

And as for my most recent trip to Forest Sewage Lagoons earlier, for the first time this year there was decent shorebird habitat, here is my eBird Checklist:
Forest Sewage Lagoons eBird Checklist

Quite a good count if you ask me! All 3 Large peeps, Pec, Bairds, and White-rumped sandpipers.. A couple Stilt Sandpipers and almost  every dabbling duck around! Incl an extreme high Green-winged Teal count for this location. Also notable was a Singing Vesper Sparrow, and 3 Rusty Blackbirds..
Unfortunately though no Long-billed Dowitchers to be found...Yet!

I'm hopping to get back into posting more often for the rest of the year also..
I'll end with another photo:

Blue-headed Vireo from one year ago at LPBO

Good Birding!