I started the afternoon checking Hains Point for storm birds, but nothing of 
major interest there--both yellowlegs, a few flyby Forster's Terns, and a 
flyover mixed flock of shorebirds that included around 15 Short-billed 
Dowitchers.  I then went to Violette's Lock to chase the birds from the 
earlier posts, but no luck there.  I moved up to Sycamore Landing and found 
2 PIED-BILLED GREBES and 2 Green-winged Teal.  A quick check of the 
impoundments at Hughes Hollow revealed no birds of interest, but there was 
plenty of gunfire.

At the Hughes Road polo fields from 4-4:30pm this afternoon, I saw some of 
the same birds reported earlier today, but no Upland Sandpiper.  I saw 2 
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS and 2 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, hanging together 
tightly as a flock.  Also at least one CLIFF SWALLOW mixed in with the 
others.

Jason Waanders
NW DC
jwaandersATstarpower.net