When Debbie Terry arrived at Paper Mills Flats this morning she found me
counting the shorebirds with 10x binoculars. I thought I doing pretty good;
but she helped me see what I was missing... thank you Debbie... shortly
after scanning the far-side with her scope, she spotted a juvenile Stilt
Sandpiper feeding near several Lesser Yellowlegs. After seeing the bird
through the scope, a second look with the bins was a little more
enlightening. The curve and weight of the bill set it apart from the LEYEs.

We also enjoyed a close-up of a singing Yellow-billed Cuckoo.

     Killdeer     24
     Solitary Sandpiper     2
     Greater Yellowlegs     6
     Lesser Yellowlegs     9
     Least Sandpiper     12

Location:     Loch Raven Reservoir--Paper Mill Flats
Observation date:     7/18/10
Number of species:     37

Canada Goose     124
Wood Duck     4
Mallard     3
Great Blue Heron     12
Great Egret     1
Black Vulture     7
Turkey Vulture     8
Red-shouldered Hawk     1
Red-tailed Hawk     1
Killdeer     24
Solitary Sandpiper     2
Greater Yellowlegs     6
Lesser Yellowlegs     9
Least Sandpiper     12
Stilt Sandpiper     1
Mourning Dove    
Yellow-billed Cuckoo     3
Belted Kingfisher     2
Red-bellied Woodpecker     1
Warbling Vireo     1
Blue Jay     1
American Crow     1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow     2
Barn Swallow     4
Cliff Swallow     34
Carolina Chickadee     2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher     1
Eastern Bluebird     1
Wood Thrush     2
American Robin     3
Gray Catbird     12
Cedar Waxwing     2
Common Yellowthroat     1
Indigo Bunting     3
Red-winged Blackbird     1
Common Grackle     2
American Goldfinch     2

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

Keith Eric Costley

Randallstown, BC