Hi --

Acting on Jim Moore's post, we went up to Tridelphia Lake Road and followed
his directions to this great shorebird habitat. I think we got there about 4
PM and the light was perfect. No land birds about but the shorebirds were
still numerous:

WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER - 1
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER - 1
WESTERN SANDPIPER - 1
Least Sandpiper - 50+
Semipalmated Sandpiper - 20 or so? (most were distant)
Pectoral Sandpiper - 15+
Spotted Sandpiper - 3
Solitary Sandpiper - 3
Lesser Yellowlegs - 3
Killdeer - 15-20

10 Species of shorebird in Montgomery County is a great tally -- !

Gail Mackiernan and Barry Cooper
Colesville, MD

on 09/18/2010 3:18 PM, Jim Moore at  wrote:

> 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.
> 
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