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Great Oak Pd 27 May: Stilt Sandpiper, Canvasback et al.

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Walter Ellison

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Walter Ellison

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Sat, 27 May 2006 12:54:03 -0400

Hi All,

Nancy, Ian and I are leaving on a short Memorial Day atlas scouting trip this afternoon, but I took a little time to check Great Oak Pond (near Melitota, Kent County) this morning for shorebirds and waterfowl. There were eight shorebird species and three waterfowl species. Highlights were the drake CANVASBACK that has been around all spring. He's taken to tipping-up like a dabbler of late, those big feet adapted to the usual diving lifestyle of a bay duck look a bit ridiculous on a Can that's tipping-up. Shorebirds included a nice STILT SANDPIPER (less heavily barred below than the one at Chesapeake Farms on the 13th), a Pectoral Sandpiper, a WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, eight Semipalmated Sandpipers, one Least Sandpiper, 2 Spotted Sandpipers, one Semipalmated Plover, and three Black-bellied Plovers. 

Good Birding (and Atlasing), 

Walter Ellison

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