Like JB, I also visited the CBEC on Sunday, between about noon and 1:00 PM  
and was very much impressed by the excellent habitat and by the number  of 
shorebirds. Is it always this good or just in a dry summer? With all the  exposed 
grassy and muddy areas it certainly has great potential. Anyway, I found  
things pretty much as JB described, but since a lot of the peeps were on the  west 
side of the pond and distant, I went around to blind 2 and was able to get  
close looks at a few additional species. I did miss the Dunlin, though. Below  
are my (mostly) estimated numbers; I'm not much of a counter but will take  
JB's 33 Stilt Sandpipers.
 
Semipalmated Plover ~ 50
Killdeer ~ 20
Greater Yellowlegs ~ 5
Lesser Yellowlegs ~ 25
Semipalmated Sandpiper ~ 60
WESTERN SANDPIPER - 1
Least Sandpiper ~ 40
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER - 2 (basic plumage)
Pectoral Sandpiper ~ 15 (mostly bright juveniles)
STILT SANDPIPER ~ 40 (OK, 33; mostly basic or molting)
Short-billed Dowitcher ~ 10 (all juveniles)
 
Earlier in the morning I was at Terrapin Park -- did not see the  Connecticut 
-- but ran into John Hubbell and birded for a few hours. We also ran  into 
Dan Haas and Danny Poet. We found several pockets of  activity  throughout the 
morning, including:
 
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1
Great Crested Flycatcher - 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2
Nashville Warbler - 1 (John only)
Northern Parula - 8
Magnolia Warbler - 6
Blackburnian warbler - 1
Black-and-white Warbler - 3
American Redstart - 8
Northern Waterthrush - 1 (John only)
Common Yellowthroat - 1
Scarlet Tanager - 1
 
Flickers, Robins and Catbirds were everywhere.
 
Joel Martin
Catonsville, MD
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