Mark Chao just called to say he and Tilden just had a WHIMBREL fly in to Myers Point they fly off again, headed north. I was there 10 minutes before and had two SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS and a DUNLIN on the spit, but no Whimbrel. They will call again if it reappears, but they thought it might have headed off. Livia and I checked Aurora, including Long Point, Lake Road bluffs, and the bluffs north of Aurora for gannets or other seabirds. We did not find much. A SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER and a family of Hooded Mergansers was at Long Point, and two female Red-breasted Mergansers and a few loons were all we had in Aurora Bay. Chris and Jeff made a quick trip to the wildlife drive at Montezuma and found saw some continuing shorebirds, including Short-billed Dowitchers, a White-rumped Sandpiper, and ~300 Dunlin, as well as a GLOSSY IBIS at the back of Benning Marsh.
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