I spent a few hours yesterday morning (9 Aug) birding a few spots in and around the southern part of the county specifically looking for shorebirds.
Terrapin Park 0810-0900
Really not much going on here, I was hoping for some terns feeding on the bay or a Sanderling or two on the beach. No luck on either.
Spotted Sandpiper- 1
Solitary Sandpiper- 2
Lesser Yellowlegs- 2
Pectoral Sandpiper- 1
Killdeer- 1
CBEC (Horsehead Wetlands) 0930-1000
Semipalmated Sandpiper- 41
Solitary Sandpiper- 5
Least Sandpiper- 14
Pectoral Sandpiper- 7
Short-billed Dowitcher- 2
Lesser Yellowlegs- ~90
Spotted Sandpiper- 3
Killdeer- 15
Semiplamated Plover- 7
Non-shorebird highlight was a Glossy Ibis and 2 Yellow Warblers
Central Sod Farm (on John Brown Rd) 1015-1043
Killdeer- 73
Semipalmated Sandpiper- 2
White-rumped Sandpiper- 1
Least Sandpiper- 13
Non-shorebird highlight was a male Northern Harrier
Rt 309 Pond (south) 1055-1110
Pectoral Sandpiper- 9
Wilsons Snipe- 1
Semipalmated Sandpiper- 6
Lesser Yellowlegs- 4
Killdeer- 8
Least Sandpiper- 5
Semipalmated Plover- 2
There were about 25-30 shorebirds in the air over the northern pond but could not relocated them on the ground once I got the car stopped as the vegetation is to high.
Dan Small
Chestertown, MD
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