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Delmar and QA Turf Farms 8/26/07

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Bob Ringler

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Sun, 26 Aug 2007 20:21:42 +0000

   This morning I visited the turf farm near Delmar that was reported Friday. I ran into Sam Dyke there. He says it is an unnamed turf farm with the land being leased by Oakwood Turf Farm of Salisbury. There is a pool in the middle of the stripped area off Taylor Road. Birders may visit but must absolutely stay off the turf. Today there were 12 species of shorebirds present:

Golden Plover  2 molting adults
Semipalmated Plover  6
Killdeer  50
Solitary Sandpiper  1
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Lesser Yellowlegs  6
Semipalmated Sandpiper  6
Western Sandpiper  6
Least Sandpiper  20
White-rumped Sandpiper  1
Pectoral Sandpiper  9
Buff-breasted Sandpiper  1

Earlier, about 6:45, I stopped at Central Sod Farms in Queen Anne's County. The only shorebirds visible were 17 Killdeer and a Snipe. Must have been too early for the good birds. I also stopped there on the way home, about 11:00. The booming of the rockets left no shorebirds in sight on the ground but put some distant Killdeer into the air. Must have been too late for the good birds.

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Bob Ringler 
Eldersburg MD