I had a meeting today a few miles from the Central Sod farm and thought how lucky I am--I'll go early and stay late to catch the great birds at the farm. I arrived at about 11:45 and saw...many horned larks. No shorebirds at all. After my meeting I stopped again, around 4 pm. No shorebirds, only larks. Bummer....
I did see a yellow-billed cuckoo in the trees on my way out...
At Blackwater, later in the afternoon, the highlights were:
3 white pelicans
2 caspian terns
1 black tern (made my day)
At Elliot Island, highlights:
marsh wrens
seaside sparrows
I suppose these are to be expected there but this was my first time there and my first for the year. Nice area.
Michel Cavigelli
Greenbelt
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From: Maryland Birds & Birding on behalf of danny poet
Sent: Mon 8/27/2007 5:21 PM
To:
Subject: [MDOSPREY] Central Sod farms Queenstown Md week in review Buff breasted , Baird's
Hi All just a quick note to report my visits to the sod Farm farm near
Queenstown . I had not posted about it before as others have been
doing a good job updating everyone . Up untill this past week not much
has been happing there just killdeer and Horned Larks . With last
Tuesdays 8 - 21 - 07 rain I decided to make a check there for
shorebirds on my way home from a trip out to Poplar Island in Talbot
County . As luck would have it there were shorebirds there including
one Buff Breasted Sandpiper. upon arriving Home I called Les Roslund
about it to post the info for me as I knew I could not post till latter
Wedsday afternoon . My thanks to you Les For post about it . Also thanks
for the look at the Baird's through your scope on Friday . Its been
nice to meet you new people and old friends out the sod farm as well.
Note below lists are not complete just the goodies
8 - 21 central Sod Farms Queenstown Md
Buff Breasted Sandpiper 1
Killdeer many
Semipalmated plover 1
Wilsons Snipe 2
Pectoral Sandpiper 5
Least Sandpiper several
Semipalmated Sandpiper 2
8 - 22
Buff Breasted Sandpiper 2
Pectoral Sandpiper several
killdeer many
Wilsons Snipe 2
8 - 23
I did not a vist that day
8 - 24
Buff Breasted Sandpiper 2
Upland Sandpiper 1 - 2
Baird's Sandpiper 1
8 - 25
Buff Breasted Sandpiper 1
Upland Sandpiper 1 - 2
8 - 26 early afternoon
Buff Breasted Sandpiper 1
other peeps and killdeer as well
As others mentioned there were model rockets being fired and a model
plane being flown and all this kept the birds in the back hard to see .
The loud noise scaring the birds to fly, circle then land again .
During one such firing of a rocket and One Matt Halfner being presant he
saw one Baird's in flight .
Happy Birding
Danny Poet
Queenstown , Md
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