Hi Everyone,

Ed Carlson and I were very excited to find an ADULT BAIRD'S SANDPIPER at Swan Creek in northern Anne Arundel Co. today. This is four days after the early date in the current Yellow Book and one of the few documented records of an adult Baird's for the state. (Nearly all records are of juveniles.)  Unfortunately the site will not be open for public access until Monday at 7:30 a.m. (see below for more details.) Peep totals were WESTERN - 8, Semipalmated - 34, Least - 57. There was one Pectoral Sandpiper, nine Caspian Terns, one adult ROYAL TERN, and a first-cycle LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL.

Documentation photos:

http://www.billhubick.com/images/201107/bairds_sandpiper_swan_creek_20110729_01.jpg 
http://www.billhubick.com/images/201107/bairds_sandpiper_swan_creek_20110729_02.jpg 
http://www.billhubick.com/images/201107/bairds_sandpiper_swan_creek_20110729_03.jpg

Swan Creek details:

Swan Creek/Cox 
Creek is an active industrial site and mitigation project in northern 
Anne Arundel Co. Access is at the end of Kembo Road off Fort Smallwood 
Road near 695. The site is open Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.  Remember to sign in, to be on your best behavior (people have 
worked hard to coordinate this access), and to stick to permitted areas. I recently created this map with details about where you are and aren't allowed to be. You can find it in the "Assorted Documents" page off my 
home page: http://www.billhubick.com/documents.php. 

Good birding!

Bill


Bill Hubick
Pasadena, Maryland

http://www.billhubick.com

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