Date:         Sun, 26 Aug 2001 12:43:11 -0400
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From:         "Donald H. Broderick" <cdbird@EZY.NET>
Subject:      Re: Rte. 50 shorebird spot (Wicomico Co.)
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Marshall'

Tri-county club members have been watching the area. So far the only
addition to your list is solitary sandpiper. Will keep you posted if there
are further additions

Don Broderick
 cdbird@ezy.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "Marshall Iliff" <Miliff@AOL.COM>
To: <MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM>
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 1:06 PM
Subject: [MDOSPREY] Rte. 50 shorebird spot (Wicomico Co.)


> MDOsprey,
>
> County listers and anyone visiting the Eastern Shore should check out a
new
> shorebird location, right on the way to Ocean City. It is located on the
> north side of Rte. 50 about 2 mi west of Salisbury, and just 0.5 mi west
of
> the new bypass being built. It is a borrow pit type area that has had
small
> pockets of water for a couple years now and which has been a consistent
> roosting/bathing location for gulls from Salisbury Landfill. This year it
is
> completely full of water and has several grassy islands which are
appealing
> to shorebirds. Wicomico County is one of the hardest counties in which to
get
> shorbeirds, and my shorebird list for the county has been limping along
for
> years now. This location may provide a chance to find some tough
shorebirds
> in Wicomico Co. - the habitat looks good for avocet, Ruff, Wilson's
Phalarope
> etc. The list today included:
>
> Semi Plover - 3
> Killdeer - 10
> Greater Yellowlegs - 10
> Lesser Yellowlegs - 10
> Semi Sand -15
> Least Sand - 25
> Pectoral Sand -10
> WHITE-RUMPED SAND - 8
>
> Maybe someone from Wicomico County can let us know what better birds Sam
Dyke
> has already found here...
>
> Best,
>
> Marshall Iliff
>
> ***********************
> Marshall Iliff
> miliff@aol.com
> Annapolis, MD
> ************************
>
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