Could someone give me specific directions to find the Red-necked
Phalarope?  I hope to go on Monday.

Also, is it possible to see the Purple Gallinule at Hughes Hollow
without a scope? If so, I'd like to know exactly where to find it -- I
might be able to go there on Monday also.

Thank you!

Sherry
nightheron =at= despammed =dot= com


Clive Harris wrote:

>Dear all
>
>A female Red-necked Phalarope was at the pond this morning, spending most of the time on a mudflat close to the road at the end furthest from the entrance road to the farm.  This is a really colorful and well-marked bird, well worth the early rise to be able to get there and back before soccer games and everything else start today.
>
>There were 12 other species of shorebirds present:
>
>Black-bellied Plover - single bird circled the pond several times, barely into breeding plumage
>Killdeer
>Semi-palmated Plover - about 5
>Ruddy Turnstone - 1
>Greater Yellowlegs - 1
>Lesser Yellowlegs - 2
>Spotted Sandpiper - 5
>Wilson's Snipe - 2
>Short-billed Dowitcher (griseus) - 3
>Dunlin - 1
>Semipalmated Sandpiper - 1
>Least Sandpiper - around 25
>
>The BB Plover and Turnstone disappeared soon after I spotted them so the birds may be hanging out somewhere else, on a wet patch in a field perhaps.
>
>The road by the pond was quite dry, and you could get any car down there without worrying about getting stuck.  I also spoke to someone who manages part of the farm who was very friendly.
>
>Regards
>
>Clive Harris
>Cabin John, MD
>
>
>---------------------------------
>Do you Yahoo!?
>Yahoo! Domains - Claim yours for only $14.70/year
>
>
>