Yesterday morning I went looking for Harford shorebirds with John Hubbell
and Jim Green. They started at Perryman Park, but said there no shorebirds
present. We then met at Tydings where we did have a nice flock on the
closest flat, but low tide never really came with the constant south winds.
After Tydings, we went to Swan Harbor then I stopped at Harford Glen on
the way home.
This morning I went back to Tydings and found extensive mudflats. I then
checked Swan Harbor before returning to Tydings again. Highlights below:
Sunday 8/5/12 with John Hubbell and Jim Green
Tydings:
24 Great Egrets - nice size flock for Harford
1 Semipalmated Plover
16 Semipalmated Sandpipers
Swan Harbor:
1 Semipalmated Plover
5 Solitary Sandpipers
7 Lesser Yellowlegs
18 Semipalmated Sandpipers
10 Least Sandpipers
Harford Glen - Matt only
2 Little Blue Herons
Monday 8/6/12
Tydings at 7:50am:
14 Semipalmated Sandpipers
2 Least Sandpipers
1 Pectoral Sandpiper
1 Laughing Gull
Swan Harbor:
2 Little Blue Herons
6 Solitary Sandpipers
3 Lesser Yellowlegs
8 Semipalmated Sandpipers
4 Least Sandpipers
Tydings at 9:15am:
1 Semipalmated Plover
23 Semipalmated Sandpipers
5 Least Sandpipers
1 Pectoral Sandpipers
When I got home there was a Yellow-billed Cuckoo singing in my yard. This
is the first cuckoo I've had in Harford since a night migrant over the
house in early May!
Good birding,
Matt Hafner
Forest Hill, MD
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