[MDOsprey] Bombay Hook Area Thursday
Joseph J. Halpin (halpinj@juno.com)
Fri, 6 Aug 1999 09:51:12 -0700
Spent about a half day in this area. No one I met was finding the Little
Egret, the Wilson's Phalarope, the Curlew SP or the Hudsonian Godwit.
Raymond and Shearness Pools are virtually dry; there are some Egrets in
the area but no one was able to pull out a Little Egret. For some of the
birders I talked to, this was their second day at it.
The water level at Little Creek was quite low, so the birds were very far
away. I could make out only Avocets, SPs, Yellow Legs and Dowitchers.
I tried to come in via the Pickering Beach access but that was not worth
the walk in the hot, midday sun.
Lots of birds along Port Mahon Rd-Lauging Gulls, Forsters Terns, Ruddy
Turnstones, Dowitchers, Least and Semipalmated SPs, Sanderlings (some of
these had the rufous remnants on their heads and breasts), Semipalmated
Plovers and Willet.
With the help of some PA birders, 2 Upland SP were seen on the grassy
fields to the east of the Dover AFB.
Joe Halpin
Silver Spring, MD
halpinj @juno.com
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