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Shorebirds Noted - Ho. Co.

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Bill Hill

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Bill Hill

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Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:42:45 -0400

I stopped by the front pond at Western Regional Park in Howard County this afternoon to look for shorebirds.   Upon arriving at 2 PM I watched a peep circle over the pond for several minutes before it decided to land.    It was a Least Sandpiper.   After watching it for a while I noticed that there was another bird by a Great Blue Heron, which had been alone in the middle of the pond when I arrived.  The second bird was a Greater Yellowlegs.  The mudflats look pretty good so more shorebirds should visit there before the pond dries up.  

Great Blue Heron - 1
Green Heron - 3
Turkey Vulture - 4
Killdeer - 12
Greater Yellowlegs - 1
Least Sandpiper - 1
American Crow - 6
Tree Swallow - 1
Barn Swallow - 2
Northern Mockingbird - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 10
American Goldfinch -  3

Bill Hill
Glenwood, Md.