8th. 
There were Baird's Sandpipers in "ones, twos and threes" 
during the first week of September, and also a number of Red¬ 
necked Phalaropes. (There was a late Wilson's Phalarope at 
Casselman Sewage Lagoon on September 7th.) Short-billed Do- 
witchers were scarce with only one bird resident at Shirleys Bay 
from August 29th into early September. Juvenile Stilt Sandpip¬ 
ers were completely absent. (A number of adults moved through 
from mid-July to early August; by mid-August most of the shore- 
birds moving through the Ottawa District are juveniles.) 
On September Nth, the Northern Shoveler numbers at Shir¬ 
leys Bay peaked at 156. The last Red-necked Phalarope was 
observed on September 13th. 
Then the water level rose and a promising shorebird migra¬ 
tion went out the window. 
A cold front moved through on September 20th, and with it 
came an immature dark-phase Parasitic Jaeger. The next day, a 
Buff-breasted Sandpiper was at Ottawa Beach. 
No Long-billed Dowitchers were seen this fall. We appear 
to get a number of these every second year only, but this could 
be because of water levels, since most juvenile Long-billed 
Dowitchers move through during late September and early October. 
White-rumped Sandpipers could be seen everywhere - flooded 
fields, Nepean Dump, sewage lagoons, as well as the river; a 
high count of 59 was registered. 
There was another cold front on the evening of October 6th, 
and yet another Jaeger, this time an immature, dark-phase Pomar- 
ine was seen at Shirleys Bay. 
It was a good fall for some bay ducks. On the October I 1 th 
weekend, there were 4,000 Ring-necked Ducks, 1,870 Lesser Scaups 
and 295 Greater Scaups. Also on the October Nth weekend was 
the first Red-throated Loon and a Richardson's (an unbelievably 
small race of) Canada Goose. 
Surf Scoter was virtually absent. While it is a lot less 
common than White-winged Scoter, it is usually more common than 
Black Scoter - except when large flocks of male Black Scoters 
are moving through. 
There was a late Baird's Sandpiper on October 18th and two 
more Red Phalaropes at Britannia on October 19th. 
Brant first appeared on October 22nd, and with the cold 
front on October 23rd were 320 (male) Oldsquaw and 50 (male) 
Black Scoters. Recall from previous articles that these large 
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