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Willet – One was at Old Cut September 15 (RL). Red-necked Phalarope – One was photographed off the north shore of Long Point between Gravelly Bay and the Tip September 3 (KC). Marbled Godwit – One was observed over Prairie Song Nursery in Walsingham August 19 (APT). Snowy Plover – Long Point’s fourth ever Snowy Plover was photographed along Hastings Drive September 7 (HG). Three were in the Crown Marsh September 23, two were observed at Old Cut September 24 and one at Old Cut September 28 (SAM). Six were on Bluff Bar September 18 (AD, SAM). King Rail – One was heard from Old Cut August 21 (MAC).Īmerican Golden-Plover – One was along Hastings Drive September 18 and 19 (MH). A high count of 93 were observed at Big Creek NWA on September 15 (SAM), 40 were observed at South Coast Gardens near Turkey Point September 10 (GB, KK). Photo: Mark ConboyĬommon Nighthawk – More than 100 were observed near Lynedoch, ON., August 31 (SAM). Rare for Long Point proper, one was captured at the Tip September 28 (LPBO). Trumpeter Swan – Three were observed from the Inner Bay viewing platform August 23 (DB). This is not the first time whistling ducks have gone unidentified on Long Point, nine unidentified whistlers were observed August 28, 2010, flying east past Old Cut. – Seven were observed flying west over Old Cut September 1 (SAM). Highlights from our sister-observatory Thunder Cape Bird Observatory ( ) at bottom of section. Northern Saw-whet Owl banding will begin at Old Cut on fair weather nights beginning the first week of October. Steady numbers of flycatchers and early-migrant vireos and warblers were plentiful throughout the reporting period. The early part of September had its fair share of interesting birds and big migration days as well. Unfortunately, the Breakwater Research Station was not opened this fall due to personnel shortages. The Tip Research Station opened in early August in the depths of the worst heat wave of the summer. What’s driving the high numbers is anyone’s guess, but ‘spruce budworm specialists’, namely Bay-breasted, Cape May, and Tennessee Warblers have been very abundant following a trend that we’ve been observed over the past five or more years. August was one for the record books never has the Old Cut Research Station been so consistently busy in August.