Jeff Culler and I saw the Reeve 1:30 pm today. We watched it for 1/2 hour going over the ID and consulting two field guides. This was after JB Churchill and Kevin Graff had left us since they saw it before we arrived.While we were there we saw some changes in the shorebirds. A flock of Black-bellied Plovers arrived along with two Ruddy Turnstones. 

Yesterday, at the same location I had Bank Swallows but not today. 

Below is the complete list. 





Joe Hanfman 

Columbia, MD 

Location:     Chesapeake Farms 
Observation date:     5/27/09; 12:00 - 2:00 pm 
Number of species:     44 

Snow Goose     1 - Langford Rd on the way out. 
Mallard     2 
Green-winged Teal (American)     2 
Great Blue Heron     2 
Black Vulture     1 
Turkey Vulture     3 
Osprey     1 
Red-tailed Hawk     1 
Black-bellied Plover     18 
Semipalmated Plover     40 
Killdeer     1 
Solitary Sandpiper     1 
Greater Yellowlegs     3 
Lesser Yellowlegs     2 
Ruddy Turnstone     2 
Semipalmated Sandpiper     1100 
Least Sandpiper     60 
White-rumped Sandpiper     1 
Dunlin     50 
Ruff     1     (Reeve) 
Short-billed Dowitcher (Atlantic)     30 
Rock Pigeon     1 
Mourning Dove     2 
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)     1 
Eastern Wood-Pewee     1 
Blue Jay     1 
American Crow     1 
Fish Crow     4 
Purple Martin     2 
Tree Swallow     8 
Barn Swallow     12 
Tufted Titmouse     1 
Eastern Bluebird     2 
American Robin     1 
Northern Mockingbird     2 
European Starling     2 
Chipping Sparrow     2 
Northern Cardinal     1 
Blue Grosbeak     1 
Indigo Bunting     2 
Red-winged Blackbird     8 
Common Grackle     4 
Brown-headed Cowbird     1 
American Goldfinch     2