Date: 8/8/12 4:05 am
From: Tim Carney <timmyc83...>
Subject: [MDBirding] Re: Swan Creek Killdeer


Hi all,

No luck relocating the melanistic (?) Killdeer this morning, but all the birds looked black anyway from the backlighting. Shorebirding with a sunrise in the background isn't the most practical activity.

HOWEVER, there is an American Avocet in the North Cell. It's about 2/3 of the way out, just inside from the cross-dike. I watched it feeding for a bit around 6:30.

Tim Carney
Baltimore/Anne Arundel

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