Hi All....

Lake Redington at the National Wildlife Visitor Center at the Patuxent Research Refuge in Laurel had some good shorebirds today. This afternoon I found 3 glossy ibises, an immature little blue heron and an immature black-crowned night-heron. There were all in a radius of 100 feet in a pool of water amidst the mud flats. On Monday, I saw a group of sandpipers which I believe were pectoral sandpipers. This was based on far away looks through my scope in overcast conditions. There were about 2/3d the size of a killdeer (one was nearby) and did not have the head marking of either a solitary or a spotted sandpiper (which I also have been seeing lately). Any thoughts on the likelihood of seeing pectorals now?

Steve Noyes, Volunteer Naturalist, Patuxent Research Refuge
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Steve Noyes, Beltsville, PG County, MD 

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