Yesterday after work (5/8) I saw my first Semipalmated Plovers of the season 
(3) at Forebay Pond upstream from Lake Elkhorn. They were joined by 4 Least 
Sandpipers and 2 Solitary Sandpipers with a Spotted Sandpiper near the 
bridge at Lake Elkhorn. A highlight for me this morning (5/9) was a Worm-
eating Warbler near Forebay. Also this morning I only saw the Solitaries and 
Spotted; the mudflats the smaller birds were using are submerged after the 
heavy rain.


Jim Wilkinson
Columbia, MD