John Hubbell came into the county this morning, we met at the Route 66 Park and Ride. Objective was to look for shorebirds, which are near impossible to find without rain. It was a pretty good day up this way with eight species.

Mount Aetna Rd. and White Hall Rd. flooded fields (before meeting John)
Killdeer 1
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Least Sandpiper 5

Route 66 one mile north of Mt. Aetna Road traffic circle
Killdeer 2
GREATER YELLOWLEGS 1
Solitary Sandpiper 4
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Least Sandpiper 1

Brad Lanning had 3 Short-billed Dowitchers here on Friday

ponds and flooded field behind Hagerstown Center near Rt. 40 and Hwy. 81
Killdeer 6
LESSER YELLOWLEGS 1
Solitary Sandpiper 3
Spotted Sandpiper 5
Least Sandpiper 13

wet plowed field on Monroe Rd. just west of Millpoint Rd.
Killdeer 6 including 2 young
SEMIPALMATED PLOVER 3

Boonsboro WWTP
SANDERLING 3 probable new county record, last county in Maryland
Least Sandpiper 3
Spotted Sandpiper 13

Mount Carmel Church Rd. storm water drainage area near Rt. 67
Solitary Sandpiper 1

A good change from yesterday, which I spent hiking the 40 miles across Maryland's Appalachian Trail. Commonly known as the green tunnel, it is genrally consists of woodland birds. The hike was dominated by common woodland birds, but was highlighted with 16 species of warbler, singing Cerulean Warbler(2), Blackburnian Warbler(1), Mourning Warbler(1), a Cape May, a couple Least Flycatchers, and 2 Black-billed Cuckoos. Low light is the pain I am a feeling today, but it somehow went unnoticed while seeing shorebirds up this way.


Hans Holbrook

Hagerstown, MD

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