Thanks for sharing your time and knowledge with us Dave. Very much
appreciated.
Pete Sar
On 8/26/2017 10:22 PM, Dave Nutter wrote:
About 30 of us birders walked onto the dikes at Knox-Marsellus Marsh on
Saturday morning seeking shorebirds. Habitat was a bit limited due to lots of
vegetation, and numbers of visible birds were a bit on the low side, but there
was good variety despite some flightiness, falcon harassment, and apparent
turnover.
Shorebirds included:
Killdeer - common
Semipalmated Plover - several
Semipalmated Sandpiper - common
Least Sandpiper - common
White-rumpled Sandpiper - at least 1, possibly several
Baird's Sandpiper - at least 3 together
Stilt Sandpiper - at least 4 together
Pectoral Sandpiper - several
Short-billed Dowitcher - at least bright 3 juveniles
Long-billed Dowitcher - at least 1 juvenile (which I missed)
Wilson's Snipe - at least 4 together (which I missed)
Lesser Yellowlegs - common
Greater Yellowlegs - several
Wilson's Phalarope - 2 together
Most of these would have been very difficult to see from either East Road or
Towpath Road.
Other highlights included:
Trumpeter Swan - a pair flew in, calling, from Puddler to K-M
Sora - 2 adults
Virginia Rail - at least 2, possibly 3 adults
Sandhill Crane - a pair flew in, calling from the south to K-M
Various non-breeding plumage dabbling ducks which generally kept their distance
but settled within sight
Great Egrets - a few
Caspian Terns - a resting flock
Peregrine Falcon - at least 1 quick flyby which scared off many shorebirds
Merlin - which I missed
Northern Harrier - 1 hunting over adjacent marshy fields, possibly another
soaring high overhead with a Red-tailed Hawk
Thanks to all the folks who helped share sightings, questions, & ID help. Thanks
also to refuge staff for their efforts in the difficult task of creating shorebird
habitat despite the conspiracies of weather & vegetation, and for allowing us onto
the dikes for far better looks at the birds.
--Dave Nutter
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