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Red Knots, etc at Skimmer Island, OC, 9/7

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Warren Strobel

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Warren Strobel

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Sun, 7 Sep 2008 10:31:23 -0400

Four birders - Warren & Lisa Strobel, Paul Baicich and Lisa Rock - birded Ocean City this morning, for some post-Hanna action.

   SKIMMER ISLAND:

    RED KNOT - 3
    Black Skimmer - 1
    Tricolored Heron - 3
    Black Oystercatcher - approx 30
    Marbled Godwit - 2
    Willett - 3
    Black-Bellied Plover - 1
    Semipalmated Plover - numerous
   Brown Pelican - 20
   Royal Tern - numerous
   Snowy Egret - 1
   Great Egret - 1
   Osprey - 1
   
    OCEAN CITY INLET:  Most of the vagrants brought in by Hanna seem to have moved out, but we had a few interesting birds -

    LEAST SANDPIPER - 2
    Least Tern 
    Ruddy Turnstone - approx 10
    Caspian Tern - 5+
   Forster's Tern
   Sanderling - ++
   
   
   Good Birding!
   Warren & Lisa Strobel
   Annapolis, MD