Hi Everyone, 

 I joined Stan and Elaine Arnold at the Brandon Woods park at 7:00 p.m. yesterday (9/6), where we photographed a juvenile American Golden-Plover. I am just amazed to have seen two grasspipers in Anne Arundel in one day. Thanks to Matt Grey for his thorough coverage of the area, and to Stan for the follow-up call!

AMGP: http://www.billhubick.com/images2/american_golden-plover_juv_aa_md_20070906.jpg

I'm planning to swing by before work, and will post if anything is there. Directions are in Matt's original post below. As we've seen from many grasspipers this year, one miss doesn't mean they've moved on!

Good birding,

Bill

Bill Hubick 
Pasadena, Maryland 
 
http://www.billhubick.com 



----- Original Message ---- 
From: Matthew Grey <> 
Sent: Thursday, September 6, 2007 6:22:14 PM 
Subject: [MDOSPREY] N. Arundel: 9/6/07: UPLAND, BUFF BR. SANDPIPERS! 

...snip... 

No sooner do I turn off my cell phone than I look to my left and see an 
UPLAND SANDPIPER, 10 feet away, on the gravel-edged road. The bird 
roamed around the gravel and grassy areas, coming as close as 6 feet from 
me. 

After making calls to people and observing it for about 1/2 hour, I finished 
scanning the rest of the fields and found a couple of Killdeer and a BUFF- 
BREASTED SP! I've birded this peninsula hard for years and though this 
particular location is a grassy place, I was pleasantly surprised to see these 
birds in such a post-industrial area. 

Bill Hubick came by and saw 2 Uppies this afternoon. 

The facility is located behind an industrial park. Take Fort Smallwood Road to 
Energy Parkway to Perryman Court. The turnoff to Perryman is across from 
M&M Maching Company. The fields have a pair of yellow gates (which are kept 
open) and an AA county parks sign. 

Matt Grey 
Pasadena