Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 22:21:50 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Michael Bowen Subject: Sightings on August 15, 2001 Comments: To: de-birds@princeton.edu, voice@capaccess.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Hi Birders in Maryland and Delaware: Sightings today at the Central Sod Farms, John Brown Rd., Queen Anne's County, MD, were not up to expectations: we had 40+ Killdeer, but the only other visible shorebirds were 2 Pectoral Sandpipers. There were a couple of Horned Larks, also. Workers were very active, removing sod from the fields, which perhaps relates to the poor diversity of birds seen. Time of observations: about 10 a.m. In Delaware, there was active birding at the pond west of Route 9 at the Woodland Beach WMA, Kent County, DE. Lots of GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, and lesser numbers of SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER and STILT SANDPIPER. There were also 15 AMERICAN AVOCET and 2 BLACK-NECKED STILT. Terns included many FORSTER'S and at least 7 CASPIAN. Bombay Hook NWR in Kent County, DE, had good numbers of shorebirds in Raymond Pool, which had significantly more water than 2 weeks ago, when we were last here. Both Yellowlegs and Short-billed Dowitchers were the majority birds,, with smaller numbers of SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS and LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS. Tidal areas across from Shearness Pool had GLOSSY IBIS and many BLACK-BILLED PLOVER. An Immature COMMON MOORHEN and an immature YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON were also seen near Bear Swamp Pool. Male and female RUBY-THROATED HUMMING BIRDS were coming to the feeders outside the Visitor Center at Bombay Hook. Port Mahon Rd. east of Little Creek, DE, had lots and lots of RUDDY TURNSTONE and SANDERLING, with smaller numbers of SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER. One of the many terns perched on pilings along Port Mahon Rd. was an adult COMMON TERN. Most of the rest were FORSTER'S. D.H. Michael Bowen (Mike) and Joy S. Bowen Bethesda, MD and Dewey Beach, DE 8609 Ewing Drive Bethesda, Maryland 20817 USA Telephone/fax: (301) 530-5764 e-mail: dhmbowen@yahoo.com _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================