The BAIRD'S SANDPIPER found by Bill Hill was still there this 
morning together with a WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER and good numbers of 
Pectoral Sandpipers and Least/Semipalmated.  Also found a 
BAY-BREASTED WARBLER, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, and six WILD 
TURKEYS.  (Most of the birds were on the Montgomery side.)  I'd 
never been to this exact location before and was quite impressed 
with how good the shorebird habitat was, at least with the 
relatively low water levels.  It will be interesting to see what 
else shows up there in the days to come.

Note that this is NOT Triadelphia Reservoir's Green Bridge boat 
ramp, but the end of Triadelphia Lake Road.  As Joe described in a 
previous post, from the parking lot at the end of the road, go 
north on the steps next to the reservoir and after about 10 
minutes you come to an open area of mud flats along the reservoir 
with (hopefully) lots of shorebirds.  My full list is below.

I also checked other shorebird spots in eastern Montgomery County 
(Blue Mash, Rocky Gorge reservoir (Browns Bridge x Ednor Road), 
Triadelphia Reservoir Green Bridge).  These were not as 
productive, with the first two having primarily Pectorals and 
Least, and the last only a Killdeer.

Location:     Triadelphia Reservoir--Triadelphia Lake Rd. (Mont. Co. unless noted)
Observation date:     9/18/10

Canada Goose     20
Wood Duck  2 (Howard only)
Green-winged Teal     3
Wild Turkey     6
Great Blue Heron     4
Green Heron     2
Killdeer     20
Spotted Sandpiper     6
Semipalmated Sandpiper     30
Least Sandpiper     40
White-rumped Sandpiper     1
Baird's Sandpiper     1
Pectoral Sandpiper     8
Mourning Dove     1
Belted Kingfisher     1
Red-bellied Woodpecker     4
Downy Woodpecker     3
Hairy Woodpecker     1
Red-eyed Vireo     3
Blue Jay     12
American Crow     6
Carolina Chickadee     7
Tufted Titmouse     4
Red-breasted Nuthatch     1
White-breasted Nuthatch     2
Carolina Wren     1
House Wren     2
American Robin     30
Gray Catbird     10
Brown Thrasher     1
Northern Parula     3
Chestnut-sided Warbler     1
Black-throated Green Warbler     3
Bay-breasted Warbler     1
Black-and-white Warbler     1
Common Yellowthroat     1
Eastern Towhee     3
Scarlet Tanager     1
Northern Cardinal     10
American Goldfinch     2
House Sparrow     20

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

Good birding!
Jim Moore
Rockville, Maryland
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On 9/17/2010 3:19 PM, Bill Hill wrote:
> I dipped on the Western and White-rumped Sandpipers Joe Hanfman found on the north end of Triadelphia Reservoir this morning but managed to find a Baird's Sandpiper.  Was in the process of leaving the mudflats around 12:30 when I found it on the Montgomery side.   It relocated several times on the Montgomery side before flying over to the Howard side.
>
> Bill Hill
> Glenwood, Md.
>