Hi Everyone,

I had the chance to make a few stops in Allegany and Garrett Counties yesterday (8/28). Highlights were as follows:

North Branch/PPG Ponds, Allegany Co.

BAIRD'S SANDPIPER--3
Blue-winged Teal--1
Wood Duck--7
Killdeer--56
Semipalmated Plover--2
Greater Yellowlegs--1
Lesser Yellowlegs--3
Pectoral Sandpiper--5
Semipalmated Sandpiper--5
Least Sandpiper--16
Spotted Sandpiper--1
Solitary Sandpiper--3

Youghiogheny Reservoir--Old Morgantown Road, Garrett Co.

WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER--1
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER--2
WESTERN SANDPIPER--1
Wood Duck--13
Killdeer--41
Semi-Plover--2
Least Sandpiper--28
Semi-Sandpiper--17
Spotted Sandpiper--1
Solitary Sandpiper--4
Osprey--1
Belted Kingfisher--2
Red-bellied Woodpecker--2
Yellow-throated Vireo--1
Bobolink--3 migrants

Also checked Rocky Gap, Piney Reservoir, Little Meadows, and Dorsey Hotel Road with little to report. Multiple kingfishers at each water stop seemed noteworthy.

Good birding!

Bill 

Bill Hubick
Pasadena, Maryland

http://www.billhubick.com