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Buff-breasted and Baird's SP at Central Sod Farm

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Elaine Hendricks

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Elaine Hendricks

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Fri, 24 Aug 2007 06:43:13 -0500

I was at the sod farm on John Brown Road yesterday from about 
11:40 to 12:20.  I found the Buff-breasted Sandpiper (only one) 
right away, in the previously-reported location - in the brown 
grass across from the brick house, very near the road.  I also got 
a brief look at a bird that I am 95% certain was a Baird's Sandpiper. 
It was noticeably larger than the 3 Least Sandpipers that it was 
foraging with, elongated in shape, darker above and buff-brown 
across the breast, with a distinct pale supercilium.  This little flock 
was also feeding quite near the road but was startled and flew when 
a couple of workers on an ATV passed by on the gravel road.  After 
that, I was unable to relocate the Baird's.  Also present were a 
Horned Lark and several Killdeer.

  
Elaine Hendricks
Greenbelt, MD  (PG County)



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