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CBEC (QA Co.) Sunday Morning--Am. Golden Plover, Wilson's Phalarope, 36 Stilt Sands!

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Jim Moore

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Jim Moore

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Sun, 12 Sep 2010 14:03:43 -0400

  I was impressed with the number of shorebirds and herons when I 
was at CBEC/Horsehead briefly Friday afternoon, so I decided to 
return this morning to spend more time and found even more.  
Highlights were a basic plumage WILSON'S PHALAROPE (likely the 
same bird first found by Linda Friedland and Lydia Schindler 
Friday morning at that location), a surprising 36 JUVENILE STILT 
SANDPIPERS (Maryland high count so far this year on eBird), and an 
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER in unusually wet habitat (it moved very 
little while I was there, so I'm wondering if it might be partly 
lame).  Full list below:

Location:     Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center (Horsehead)
Observation date:     9/12/10

American Black Duck     2
Mallard     15
Blue-winged Teal     6
Northern Shoveler     7
Double-crested Cormorant     2
Great Blue Heron     3
Great Egret     59
Snowy Egret     211
Green Heron     4
American Golden-Plover     1     Partial breeding plumage; black on undertail coverts; thin bill
Semipalmated Plover     16
Killdeer     1
Greater Yellowlegs     1
Lesser Yellowlegs     113
Semipalmated Sandpiper     80 (estimate) 
Least Sandpiper     80 (estimate) 
Pectoral Sandpiper     14
Stilt Sandpiper     36
Short-billed Dowitcher     2
Wilson's Phalarope     1 
Laughing Gull     1
Herring Gull     1
Forster's Tern     6
Northern Flicker     1
Blue Jay     4
crow sp.     2
Carolina Chickadee     3
Tufted Titmouse     1
Brown-headed Nuthatch     1
Carolina Wren     2
Eastern Bluebird     1
Veery     1
American Robin     2
Pine Warbler     10
Black-and-white Warbler     1
American Redstart     1
Northern Cardinal     8

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