The birds were quite active, so estimating numbers was difficult, but I found the following shorebirds: Killdeer (50+) Greater Yellowlegs (10+) Lesser Yellowlegs (50+) Solitary Sandpiper (2) Spotted Sandpiper (50+) Least Sandpiper (20+) Common Snipe (1) WILSON'S PHALAROPE (1) Birds were mainly in the second and third lagoons, especially at the south end.

One "wreck" of Eared Grebes in southern Utah within an 11-day span during bad weather in January 1997 involved the downing of an estimated 35,000 birds (see Auk 116(1): 178-183). Huntsville is located on Highway 11, a 2.5-hour drive north from Toronto via Highways 400 and 11. Novar is a few kilometres north of Huntsville, on Highway 11.

A rough estimate from most of the day coupled with a concerted effort to take a count during the last two hours yielded a conservative tally of 211 hummingbirds for the day.

Non-raptor Observations: Although no estimate was attempted, Monarchs moved through at a continuous pace all day long so most of numbered in the high hundreds conservatively. ======================================================================== Report submitted by Calvin Brennan (common_raven@hotmail.com) SMRR- Lake Erie Metropark information may be found

Early estimates put the Warbler species count at 15+ on the Tip Trails and on the East Side of the Tip. These warblers included Blackburnian, Tennessee, Black-throated Blue, and many Magnolia. Gray-cheeked Thrush were seen in the Tip Area and also on the East side of the Visitor Centre Parking Lot.

A reverse migration was observed today at Fish Point from at least 8:15 AM until 11 AM observes estimated about 80 birds a minutes flew south off the island. Some of the species participating were more than 200 BLACLBURNIAN WARBLERS many of which flew between observers.

Then out of of the blue, a mass of Bonaparte's Gull came down the river with an estimated 6500 individuals. the total for the flyby was 8825 Bonaparte's Gull and 1 Little Gull.

After circling a few times, it eventually landed near the green buoy in the middle of the river, which we estimated at about 500-600 meters out. It dove several times and we lost the bird on one of the dives. At about 3:15 we left without the bird in sight.

I estimate there were at least 25000 Snow Geese, which were at least 20% blue phase, in the Dunning and Colonial area. On Milton Road we had excellent scope looks at 28 Sandhill Cranes and 3 Cackling Geese. East of Bourget Cobb's Lake (the flood plain) was pretty much reduced to only Cobb's Creek.

There were a record number of Ring-billed Gulls at the dump today with a conservative estimate of 750-1000 plus 2500+ Herring Gulls as well as at least 3 juvenile LBB Gulls. Kirk Zufelt SSM Landfill main dumpsite is an industrial sight and not open to the general public viewing.