Date: 7/10/12 11:33 am
From: Matt Hafner <hafner.matt...>
Subject: [MDBirding] Swan Creek 7/10/12 - Short-billed Dowitcher, Western Sandpiper


I spent my lunch break scanning the impoundments at Swan Creek. The
highlights were 2 Short-billed Dowitchers that I believed to be of the
subspecies *hendersoni* by the bright orange coloring underneath to the
undertail coverts and on the edgings of the scapulars and a single adult
Western Sandpiper. The Western itself isn't very unusual for July, but it
was strange to me to see one in Fall migration before I've seen a Semi
Sand. Heat shimmer was pretty brutal.

Full ebird list: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S11132781
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Matt Hafner
Forest Hill, MD

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