Date:         Mon, 11 Sep 2000 10:21:59 -0400
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From:         "Lovelace, Glen" <glovelace@MAIL.DOT.STATE.DE.US>
Subject:      Re: Baird's Sandpiper in Wicomico
Comments: cc: lorraine <dfl@compucenter.net>
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Hello,
        I stopped by these two locations Saturday afternoon.  The Brown R
d
field had only Killdeer.  The Hampshire Rd location likewise had numerous
Killdeer, but also held a Buff-Breasted Sand and the Baird's Sandpiper.
Both birds were seen in the first field on the right from the end of the
pavement behind Walmart.  For anyone unfamiliar with this place, Hampshir
e
Rd is between Walmart and Circuit City and from the highway looks like
nothing more than an entrance to the stores.

Marshall, thanks for the lead.  The Baird's was a lifer for me.

Good Birding,
Glen Lovelace III
Seaford, DE
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marshall Iliff [SMTP:Miliff@AOL.COM]
> Sent: Friday, September 08, 2000 12:35 PM
> To:   MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM
> Subject:      [MDOSPREY] Baird's Sandpiper in Wicomico
>
> Hello all,
>
> On Tuesday and Wednesday (9/5, 9/6) I visited the three turf farms nort
h
> of
> Salisbury yesterday and today.  Tuesday there was very little save a
> couple
> Merlins.  On Wednesday today I found two adult Am. Godlen-Plovers at th
e
> Brown Rd. Turf Farm and a juvenile Baird's at the Hampshire Rd. section.
> The
> Baird's was in a puddle in back at the base of the irrigation equipment
> and
> not easily visible from the road.  I asked permission to drive down the
> road
> and they had no problem.
>
> The field in question is between the two sets of houses on the north si
de
> of
> the road.  There are two puddles in that field - one easily seen from t
he
> road, one hidden.  The Baird's was with 20 Semis, 15 Leasts, and 6 Less
er
> Yellowlegs in the hidden puddle.
> Hampshire Rd. is accessed from Rte. 13 (southbound only).
>
> Sorry for the delay in posting this but I was unsure of the access issu
es
> at
> the site.  Don Broderick assures me that this is OK, but I implore anyo
ne
> looking for the Baird's (or any other birds) to contact the landowner a
nd
> NOT
> LEAVE THE MAIN ROAD without expressed permission.  No sign of Ruddy
> Turnstone
> or Buff-breated Sand (yet! - the habitat looks great!)
>
> Best,
>
> Marshall Iliff
> miliff@aol.com
>
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