[MDOsprey] 7/25-Ruff/Easton-Upland Sand/JBrown Rd
MHoff36100@aol.com
Mon, 26 Jul 1999 07:11:46 EDT
Amy and I, and friends, did a little mid-shore tour Sunday (7/24).
Easton Sewage Ponds (about 2 pm)
Ruff - 1
Stilt Sandpiper - 1
etc.
John Brown Road Turf Farm
Killdeer - 50
Upland Sandpiper - 1
Least Sandpiper - 3
The latter location (which had good numbers of golden plovers and
Buff-breasted Sandpiper last fall) is reached from the Rt. 50/301 split,
take Rt. 301 N, then turn right on John Brown Road. There is an area of turf
immediately on your right. Then go through the woods and large turf areas are
both N and S of the Road. Much of the area to the S has been recently
harvested, and the several muddy rainpools had the Least Sands and most of
the Killdeer. The area N of the road is partially planted to crops, but
beyond the house is a large area of turf. The Uppie was feeding quite close
to the road in the small short-grass turf field immediately N of the house.
Mark Hoffman
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