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Re: Wilson's Phalarope - CBEC - QA County

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Jim Moore

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Jim Moore

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Fri, 17 Sep 2010 20:16:48 -0400

  Hi Dan,

Interestingly, that is the exact same number of Stilt Sandpipers I 
had last Sunday; same number of Pectoral Sandpipers, Short-billed 
Dowitchers, and Wilson's Phalaropes as well.  I guess a lot of 
those birds must really like it there!  In any event, for those 
who have not been there, it's a great place to study shorebirds 
and compare structure, etc. up close!  (By the way the eBird high 
count for Stilt Sands at CBEC is 40 by Bill Hubick in 2008.  So we 
just need to coax a few more to drop in to set a record.)

Good birding!
Jim Moore
Rockville, Maryland
PLEASE REPORT YOUR BIRD SIGHTINGS to http://ebird.org/

On 9/17/2010 6:43 PM, dan small wrote:
> Nice numbers of shorebirds and Egrets/Herons at Horsehead with the highlight
> being a winter plumaged Wilson's Phalarope. The number of Stilt Sandpipers was
> very impressive. Full eBird List below.
>
>
> Location:    Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center (Horsehead)
> Observation date:    9/17/10
> Number of species:    23
>
> Blue-winged Teal    2
> Northern Shoveler    5
> Green-winged Teal (American)    16
> Great Egret    42
> Snowy Egret    101
> Semipalmated Plover    47
> Killdeer    2
> Lesser Yellowlegs    20
> Semipalmated Sandpiper    35
> Least Sandpiper    39
> Pectoral Sandpiper    14
> Stilt Sandpiper    36
> Short-billed Dowitcher    2
> Wilson's Phalarope    1
> Forster's Tern    7
> Downy Woodpecker    1
> Carolina Chickadee    3
> Brown-headed Nuthatch    2
> Carolina Wren    1
> Pine Warbler    7
> Common Yellowthroat    2
> American Goldfinch    1
>
> This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
>
> Dan Small
> Chestertown, MD
>
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