Hi all,
The only shorebird to add to Matt's list would be one Spotted SP on the jetties along the beach. In the wetlands and intervening woodlands, birds of interest included two Blue Grosbeaks (female and immature) and a calling Yellow-billed Cuckoo. About 7-8 Little Blue Herons (3 adults, three white immatures, and two mottled subadults), a Cooper's Hawk chasing a Fish Crow, fly-over B-C Night-heron and two adult Bald Eagles on one of the power pylons were also seen. The coolish weather and cloud cover made viewing good and relatively comfortable!
Gail Mackiernan and Barry Cooper
Colesville, MD
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From: "Matt Hafner" <hafner.matt...>
To: "Maryland & DC Birding" <mdbirding...>
Sent: Wednesday, August 1, 2012 1:14:06 PM
Subject: [MDBirding] Swan Creek at lunch
Took my lunch break at Swan Creek today to take advantage of the overcast skies. There was no heat shimmer and it was relatively cool! I felt good identifying the vast majority of the birds. Unfortunately today was still not the day I find a stint. Gail and Barry were still there when I left and may have a few differences to add.
Shorebird numbers:
11 Semi Plovers
1 Killdeer (certainly more must have been around)
9 Lesser Yellowlegs (no Stilt Sandpipers for me)
450 Semipalmated Sandpipers (estimated 500 peeps in reasonably close, not nearly as many Leasts as previous trips)
14 Western Sandpipers
50 Least Sandpipers (including a few juveniles, my first of the season)
3 White-rumped Sandpipers (all adults)
50 peep sp. (estimate along the back edges of the cells)
7 Pectoral Sandpipers
Good birding!
Matt Hafner
Forest Hill, MD
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