Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 23:25:51 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: David Mozurkewich Subject: The Year of the Sanderling? In-Reply-To: <3BB67A86.776DC526@erols.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII I know Sanderlings are pretty common birds in Maryland. But, it can be a good bird for those of us who live far from the coast and have come to the realization that birding is a whole lot more fun than driving to birding locations. Today, I found my sixth Prince George's county Sanderling of the season: August 3 1 at Oxen Cove Molting adult September 15 3 at Selby Bay Basic adults September 22 1 at Oxen Cove Juvenile September 29 1 at Selby Bay Basic adult. Add to the list the two birds Stan Arnold found in mid-September way up north at the Tridelphia Reservoir and we have quite an impressive list of records for a species considered "less than annual" in these parts. Are Sanderlings undergoing a little inland invasion this year or are we just getting better at finding them? I don't know about Stan's comings and goings, but I'm pretty sure my little shorebird spots have not been checked regularly for a number of years. The rest of the day was reasonably uneventful. The only other shorebirds were two Greater Yellowlegs on the Patuxent at Jug Bay. A Rough-winged Swallow and a Common Loon were heading south along the Potomac. I also found a Lincoln's Sparrow and my first Myrtle Warbler of the season. The Canvasback continues on Selby Bay. I saw it every week this month and it is presumably the same individual that stayed into May about 10 miles to the south. I know these birds go north for the summer, but I thought they were longer distance migrants. Dave David Mozurkewich Seabrook, PG MD USA mozurk@bellAtlantic.net ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================