Just a quick summary of the huge concentration of shorebirds this afternoon
at the main pool along the wildlife drive as the water is being drawn down:
550+Dunlin(counted the main group-others spread out)
3000+ Least Sandpipers(used Dunlin flock size and
extrapolated to 6 flocks when all in flight)
100+ Semipalmated Plovers
4 Black-bellied Plovers
20 Short-billed Dowitchers
100 (approx.)Lesser Yellowlegs
5 Greater Yellowlegs
1 Semipalmated Sandpiper
2 White-rumped Sandpipers
3 Solitary Sandpipers
5 Spotted Sandpipers
2 Sandhill Cranes
The adult Peregrine Falcon flushed everything once but all returned. Orchard
oriole was singing halfway down the drive but not seen.
The pair of Red-headed Woodpeckers were active at may's point.
Mike and Joann Tetlow, Dominic Sherony(I believe Dominic is
submitting a more complete ebird checklist)
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