Paid an afternoon visit to Blue Mash today.  Pretty good numbers 
of shorebirds and variety for an inland location, but nothing 
exceptional.  Most notable was the large number of Semipalmated 
Sandpipers -- 20 (an all-time eBird high count for the county). 
(There were also 5 Semi Sands today at Ednor Rd.&  Brown Bridge 
Rd. on the Howard County side.)  Two Semipalmated Plover and the 
continuing Pectoral Sandpiper were also nice to see.

Location:     Blue Mash Nature Trail
Observation date:     8/7/10
Number of species:     27

Canada Goose     25
Wood Duck     7
Mallard     20
Great Blue Heron     5
Great Egret     1
Green Heron     2
Turkey Vulture     2
Semipalmated Plover     2
Killdeer     10
Greater Yellowlegs     2
Lesser Yellowlegs     2
Semipalmated Sandpiper     20
Least Sandpiper     13
Pectoral Sandpiper     1
Mourning Dove     1
White-eyed Vireo     3
crow sp.     X
Barn Swallow     3
Gray Catbird     5
Northern Mockingbird     3
Brown Thrasher     1
Cedar Waxwing     1
Common Yellowthroat     1
Eastern Towhee     4
Northern Cardinal     4
Indigo Bunting     1
Orchard Oriole     1
American Goldfinch     3

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

Good birding!
Jim Moore
Rockville, Maryland
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