I also sighted a small group of Least Sandpipers (7) and a flock of
Bobolinks (15+) hanging out in some vernal pools south of the Greenbelt
Metro station this morning at around 7:40. Possibly Stephen's birds that
flew SE from Wheaton?
Frank Fogarty
College Park
On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 2:36 PM, Michel Cavigelli <michel.cavigelli...>
> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> My own unusual sightings: least sandpipers where I have never seen them
> before this afternoon--my research plots in Beltsville (between Powder Mill
> and Beaverdam Roads, just east of Edmonston Rd, Beltsville, PG Co.). They
> were hanging around some of the newly-created puddles.
>
> Bobolinks are also back in alfalfa fields at BARC (Beltsville Agricultural
> Research Center).
>
> Michel Cavigelli
> Greenbelt (home) and Beltsville (work), both PG Co.
>
> *From:* Stephen Davies <synallaxis...>
> *To:* "<mdbirding...>" <mdbirding...>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 7, 2013 1:29 PM
> *Subject:* [MDBirding] Semipalmated Plover etc, Wheaton - 5/7
>
> Hi all
>
> Peculiar morning at the Wheaton Branch Stormwater Ponds. Surprises to me
> were a Semipalmated Plover and 10 Least Sandpipers on the muddy shoreline
> of cell #2. Also a male Bobolink that rested briefly and sang from the top
> of a tree adjacent to cell #1. The shorebirds departed to the SE around
> 0709.
>
> eBird checklist with photos here:
>
> http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14022876
>
> Cheers
>
> Stephen
>
>
>
> Stephen J. Davies
>
> Silver Spring, MD
> <synallaxis...>
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