Hello all,
	Typically, this is a difficult to find feathered beast, rather limited in the time frame when it passes through and rather restricted in habitat and suitable places to search for it.  In Delaware, I believe that most searching is limited to the potato fields outside of Bombay Hook down through Cartanza Road.  On the Eastern Shore of MD, most searching seems to be a various sod farms such as John Brown Rd in QA Co. and behind the Walmart and Target in Salisbury.  I would like to take to my soapbox to advertise additional opportunities to find Buff-breasteds in the heart of Delmarva.
	In recent years, various truck crops (potato, cucumber, string bean, squash) have become much more common in western Sussex Co., DE, southern Caroline Co. and northeast Dorchester Co., MD.  These fields break up the monotony of corn and soybeans.  They are harvested at different times, usually much earlier in the season than traditional crops.  Some fields are harvested in mid-July, re-planted and harvested again in late August or early September.  These recently harvested or bare fields provide perfect habitat for Buff-breasteds (and also Upland).  Add a little rain for a few puddles and more shorebirds appear.  Add a hurricane and you get an inland shorebird bonanza when traditional shorebird spots are flooded (as in Sep 2003 after Isabel).
	I must give credit to Harry Armistead for starting me on this idea.  He mentioned seeing Buff-breasteds in harvested cucumber fields on the eastern shore of VA.  I began taking notice of cucumber fields and began having at least as much success in finding the birds as I had at the traditional sites.  The best chance seems to be a cucumber field within the week after it is harvested.  The string bean fields seem to be a new thing this year, so I do not know if they may be productive.  Admittedly, searching these fields is probably a needle a haystack type of thing, but also gives you the satisfaction of finding your own good birds (see Colin Campbell's post "Deepest Delaware" on DE-birds from Sep 2004).
	Anyway, I have compiled a list of potential fields and local sod farms (as well as weedy fields with Dickcissel potential).  The area covered is roughly bounded by Harrington, Seaford, Sharptown, Federalsburg, Preston, Harmony, Concord, Burrsville and back to Harrington.  I have covered most this area within the last month between commuting and atlasing, but I make no claims to the list being completely comprehensive.  Nor do I pass each of these sites on a daily basis, so I cannot say when each field will be harvested.  But it is definitely a start for someone to get out and find something nice.
	Anyone interested in the list (excel format), please contact me off-list and I will be glad to share.

Good Birding,
Glen Lovelace III
Seaford, DE