>Now that September is just around the corner, I will be searching hard for >my target MD bird....buff-breasted sandpiper. I would appreciate any >sightings and/or recommendations for worthwhile locales to check. The >Wilds book suggests Chincoteague or Bombay Hook fields, but lists no >MD locations. When Hart-Miller is dry, and it is bone dry now, it has been a primo place, with double figures recorded most days. I expect the first reports to come next week. Rick "Lack of education is an extraordinary handicap when one is being offensive." Josephine Tey Rick Blom rblom@blazie.com Bel Air, Maryland