The Common Moorhen was seen again at Hughes Hollow this morning as late 
as 9 AM. It was swimming on the left-hand side of the main dike towards 
the back, where the family of Hooded Mergansers has been hanging out.

The eight Semipalmated Plovers I reported last weekend at Summit Hall 
Turf Farm were still there today (at least I assume they are the same 
birds). Surprising they would linger so long. Only other shorebirds were 
one Killdeer and two distant peep so obscured by heat haze while I was 
there that they could not be identified.

Good birding!
Jim Moore
Rockville, Maryland
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