Andy,
   FYI your message is dated October 4, Monday.

>
> From: Andy Martin <>
> Date: 2004/10/04 Mon PM 04:12:48 EDT
> To: 
> Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Another Buff-breasted Sandpiper in Montgomery, 9/3
>
> No Buff-breasted SP in amongst the Killdeer at the Hughes Rd. polo grounds
> around 1:30 pm.  Tried to check a nearby field off Sugarland Rd. that was
> being plowed.  I could hear more Killdeer but could not see them very well
> due to heat shimmer.
>
> I did however have success at the Patton turf farm.  The Buff-breasted was
> in the same area described by Clive Harris this morning.  The bird was
> fairly close to the road thanks to a sprinkler that was creating puddles.
> There was also a single Horned Lark on the field.
>
> A bare dirt area of the Sugarland Sod farm (off Rt. 107)  also had a flock
> of about 15 Horned Larks.
>
> Thanks Clive and Mike for your posts, the Buff-breasted is a state bird for
> me and the Horned Lark is a county bird.
>
> Andy Martin
> 
> Gaithersburg
>