Ontario Rare Bird Alert for the week of August 21, 2020 Species mentioned: Purple Gallinule (Chatham-Kent) Marbled Godwit (Huron, Lambton) Red Knot (Chatham-Kent, Norfolk, Lennox and Addington) Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Simcoe, Haldimand, Brant, Norfolk, Ottawa, Essex) Willet (Norfolk) Long-tailed Jaeger (Niagara) Laughing Gull (Niagara) Franklin's Gull (Lambton) Mew Gull (Niagara) Frigatebird sp. (Elgin) Brown Booby (Durham, Toronto) Neotropic Cormorant (Hamilton) Plegadis ibis sp. (Peel) Swallow-tailed Kite (Huron) Western Kingbird (Durham) White-eyed Vireo (Chatham-Kent) Purple Gallinule (Chatham-Kent): A juvenile bird was found at Blenheim Sewage Lagoons on August 25 and continued until at least August 27. Marbled Godwit (Huron): A single bird was present at Exeter Sewage Lagoons on August 23 and 26. Marbled Godwit (Lambton): A single bird continued at Hiawatha Horse Park in Sarnia until August 24. Red Knot (Chatham-Kent): A single bird continued August 21-27 at Keith McLean Conservation Area just outside of Rondeau. Red Knot (Norfolk): Two birds were present at Turkey Point August 21-24 Red Knot (Lennox and Addington): A single bird was at the Amherstview Sewage Lagoons on August 24. Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Simcoe): Up to 4 birds were present in the sod fields near Beeton August 23- 26. Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Haldimand): One bird was present between Mount Hope and Caledonia August 22 and 23. Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Brant): One bird was present along Concession Rd 5 northwest of Burford on August 23. Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Norfolk): One bird was present at Turkey Point August 22-24. Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Ottawa): One bird was present at Andrew Haydon Park on August 23. Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Essex): One bird was at West Cranberry Pond in Point Pelee National Park on August 25. Willet (Norfolk): One bird continued at Turkey Point August 21-22. Long-tailed Jaeger (Niagara): A juvenile was seen off Fort Erie August 27. Laughing Gull (Niagara): A juvenile was seen at Fort Erie August 27. Franklin's Gull (Lambton): An adult was seen at Hiawatha Horse Park in Sarnia on August 26. Mew Gull (Niagara): A possible juvenile was seen and photographed off Fort Erie on August 27. Frigatebird sp. (Elgin): A second-hand report was received of a large, all black bird with a long, forked tail soaring west along the Port Stanley lake shore on August 25. Brown Booby (Durham, Toronto): One bird was seen at a few locations off Durham on August 24 and then reported again off Tommy Thompson Park (Toronto) on August 26. Neotropic Cormorant (Hamilton): A single bid was photographed off Van Wagners Beach on August 26. Plegadis ibis sp. (Peel): A single bird was seen in flight in Streetsville on August 27. Swallow-tailed Kite (Huron): One bird was reported along the lake shore just north of Goderich on August 21. Western Kingbird (Durham): A few lucky observers saw this bird near Darlington Nuclear on the afternoon and evening of August 22. White-eyed Vireo (Chatham-Kent): A single singing bird was at South Point Trail in Rondeau Provincial Park on August 21 and 23. Report compiled by Mike Burrell -- *Mike Burrell* mike.burrell.on@gmail.com Please support my birdathon for bird conservation <https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/bird-studies-canada/p2p/birdathon20/team/whimburrells/captain/mike-burrell/> ! Best Places to Bird in Ontario <http://burrellbirding.ca/best-places-to-bird-in-ontario/>