Date:         Mon, 5 Nov 2001 08:30:32 -0800
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From:         Randy Rosso <danboleo@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: MD / DE Coastal Birding 11/3
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What are the distinguishing marks between the
long-billed and short-billed dowitcher?  I saw a
dowitcher at Huntley Meadows (Fairfax, VA) yesterday,
where there was much debate over which it was.  In the
Sibley book they look virtually identical.

--- "Lovelace, Glen" <glovelace@MAIL.DOT.STATE.DE.US>
wrote:
> Hello All,
>         Shelly and I made our first 'Duck Run' of
> the season on Saturday.
> We started at Concord Pond near Seaford which had a
> few puddle ducks (inc. a
> half dozen Woodies) and fishermen.  We birded our
> Seaford CBC territory
> (east from Concord toward Hardscrabble north of Rt
> 20) for landbirds.  The
> pressure of development is taking its toll along our
> traditional route as
> several good spots are now occupied by houses.  A
> couple hours effort
> yielded 8-10 species less than it has at its best.
> Nevertheless, we still
> pulled out some good birds.  The highlight was a
> Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher in
> Waterview Acres on Concord Pond.  We also found Pine
> Warbler, Winter Wren,
> but no good sparrows or finches.
>         Millsboro Ponds - Betts had a few puddle
> ducks (Gadwall, Wigeon,
> Woodie).  Millsboro Pond had the same plus 5 Ruddies
> and 4 Buffies.
>         Ocean City Inlet - way too many fishermen,
> but there were still
> birds.  Started with a flyby imm. Great Cormorant.
> Eventually I found the
> scoter flock hiding behind the rockpile ( seen
> looking from the breakwater
> to get the angle).  There were ~25 Surfs and 2
> female Blacks.  While
> scanning out to sea, I picked up 3 ducks flying
> directly in from the SE.
> They turned into 3 female Common Eider that banked
> over the far breakwater
> and settled in with the scoter flock.  Also Royal
> Tern.
>         Skimmer Island - the tide was on its way out
> just enough to begin
> exposing the flats.  3 Black-Bellied Plover and 3
> Dunlin soon arrived.  A
> nice flock of Forster's Tern landed on the flat
> nearest Hooper's.  Among
> them were 2 imm. Black Skimmers.  Also 62 Brant
> here.
>         West Ocean City Pond - all the dabblers, a
> dozen Hoodies, and 4
> Swans.  Shorebirds included Gr Yellows, 1 Lesser, 1
> Long-Billed Dowitcher
> and 6 Dunlin.  South Ocean Pines Pond had 9
> Ring-Necks.
>         Indian River Inlet - a long line of Surf
> Scoter flew by, 4 Royal
> Terns and 12-15 Gannets decently close.  6 Common
> Loon from the South
> Marina.  More shorebirds in the gut just before the
> marina inc. one Western
> Sand.  Nothing at Burton's Island.
>         Silver Lake had a few Ruddies.  I should
> have checked Spring Lake!
>         And we ended the day on the dike trail at
> Prime Hook with 3-4
> Virginia Rail and a Sora.  In all, 93 species.
>
> Good Birding,
> Glen Lovelace III
> Seaford, DE
>
>
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