Date: 4/25/13 1:18 pm
From: jim green <jkgbirdman53...>
Subject: Re: [MDBirding] Re: Whip
Hi Marcia and Rick: It is definitely more fun getting up at 0 dark hundred
so you should do it for a Chuck! The shorebirds were definitely Curlew
Sandpipers...please document!

Marcia,on a serious note how did you make out at Union Mills wetland area?

Jim

On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 8:44 AM, Warblerick <ricksussman1955...>wrote:

> On Thursday, April 25, 2013 8:29:12 AM UTC-4, Marcia Balestri wrote:
> > I woke up to a nice surprise this morning. For only the second time in
> my 20 years here at home, I heard an Eastern Whip-poor-will sound off at
> 5:35AM this morning. It went on for about 15-20 seconds, moved down the
> hill and sang for another 5-10 seconds, and lapsed into silence. A nice
> start to my morning, and now I don't have to drag myself out of bed at 0
> dark hundred and drive to Sugarloaf for my year Whip. The last one I heard
> in my yard was in June, 1997. It rudely woke me up at 3 in the morning.
> >
> >
> >
> > Now if I could just figure out what kind of shorebirds flew over my
> house yesterday (any shorebird would be a yard bird)! About 30 in a fairly
> tight flock flying south (!); direct flight with steady, medium fast
> wingbeats; pointed triangular-shaped wings. That's about all I got--too
> fast, too far away and bad light to get anything on the bills or legs. Too
> big to be peeps, too small (and mostly wrong county) for willets, godwits,
> etc. They didn't seem to fly like yellowlegs, nor did they fly like
> snipe. Maybe Pecs or Plovers (early?), but we'll never know!
> >
> > ____________________
> >
> >
> >
> > Marcia Balestri
> >
> > Frederick, MD
> >
> > <mebalestri...>
>
> Hi Marcia,
> Regarding your shorebird flock; the same thing happened here several
> years ago, while I was out birding in the yard. I can't recall how big the
> flock, but definitely shorebirds in a flock and moving fast over the yard.
> I think I only have 2-3 other shorebirds here, including Killdeer (does
> that even count?). Congrats on the Whip! Wish I had that one here!!
>
> Rick Sussman
> Woodbine,MD
>
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