Saturday morning at dawn a Black-bellied Plover was on the polo field on 
Hughs Road. 
 
Two Dunlin were at Violettes Lock, riding downriver on floating debris. 
Friday evening 10 Common Terns were there, and a few were still around this 
morning. After the rain stopped, several each of Harriers and Ospreys, and a few 
Coopers and Merlins got up and started flying around.
 
From the towpath at mile marker 28 (above Sycamore Landing) I was able to 
overlook the lakes on the turf farm. Present at mid morning were about 4 
Black-bellied Plovers, 8 American Golden Plovers, 40 Dunlin, 20 Pectorals, and a few 
Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser Yellowlegs, and Semi/Westerns, along with 100 
Killdeer. The young Eagles that like to sit on the turf kept the shorebirds stirred 
up.
 
Dave Czaplak



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