Late this AM I had an opportunity to try again (6th time - luckily my "day job" 
is mostly at night) for the Buffy at the famous marsh. As I arrived, Jim Stasz 
was just pulling out. Surely Jim's luck would rub off and I'd have the bird at 
last! But no - Jim had not seen it today. So I was first inclined to come back 
later, but then considered that maybe the luck I asssociaate with that gentleman 
might still operate even at some remove. So I scoped the far shore, finding 
neither the Knot nor the Buffy. But on the second sweep, Mr Knot had 
mysteriously appeared out of nowhere, as he has on previous occasions. On the 
3rd sweep, as I was leisurely counting the shorebirds that were present, why 
there was Mr Buffy - in the same general area as Mr Knot, in the direction of 
the water tower. The bright yellow legs were conspicuous even at that distance; 
contrary to Peterson, the buff color does not extend as far as the under-tail.

I judge this individual to be a juvenile on the basis of the very dark 
scalloping of the upperside - but I defer to expert opinion.

There must be a network of secret paths thru the surrounding grass along which 
shorebirds can walk into the open without having to fly. Else they could not pop 
out of nowhere the way they have been.

The complete list:

Mallard  ~ 20
N. Shoveller 2 f ( a surprise)
Snowy Egret   30
Semi-palm Plover  30
RED KNOT 1
BUFF BR SANDPIPER 1
Gr Y'legs  9
Lr Y'legs  1
Pectoral S'pr   5
Least S'pr  46

Fred Fallon
Huntingtown