I visited the Mason Dixon Farm in Frederick County again today after Frank Schaff had reported 34 Golden Plovers there yesterday. I joined Barbara Gearhart there this morning.
East Pond:
Shoveler 3
Green-winged Teal 1
Golden Plover 34, flew in as I arrived, did not move when a fox walked across the dry part of the pond, but took off for no apparent reason and landed out of sight in a nearby field, later flew over the pond headed west, probably to another field.
Killdeer 25
Lesser Yellowlegs 3
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Least Sandpiper 8
Pectoral Sandpiper 1
Snipe 1
Pipit 30
Savannah Sparrow 20
White-crowned Sparrow 1 immature
Indigo Bunting 1
North Ponds (PA):
Killdeer 1
Semipalmated Sandpiper 4
Least Sandpiper 5
Pectoral Sandpiper 8
West Pond:
Shoveler 3, probably the same birds as in East Pond
Green-winged Teal 11
Checkered Skipper 30
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