I went to Swan Creek during lunch today and had a Buff-breasted Sandpiper on the east dike of the north cell.  There were few shorebirds actually in the cells, but when a truck drove along the dike, a large flock got up.  I could see the Buffie in flight as it flew around with the peeps and got a good look again when it landed on the gravel, but soon walked into the grasses where I could no longer see it.  Later, I saw it (another?) farther down the dike and when another truck flushed them, I thought I saw two.  

Be patient, I was there 15 minutes before I saw any birds on the dike and I waited for a while afterwards and couldn't find the Buffies again once they landed in the grasses.  

Matt Hafner
Forest Hill, MD




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