An overcast morning walk up the east side of the East Pond yielded good numbers of shorebirds, particularly Short-billed Dowitcher, but the poor variety continued. On the way north i encountered fair numbers of White-rumped Sandpipers, and a single adult Long-billed Dowticher, feeding with the numerous Short-billed's. Northern Waterthushes were much in evidence on my way up the East Pond.. At the north end of the Pond I met Andrew Baksh (who else!), and we worked over the shorebirds for quite some time, picking out a lone Ruddy Turnstone and a Sanderling but not much else. We observed increased numbers of Black-bellied Plovers numbers roosting west of the island. Andrew found a Wilson's Phalarope maniacally feeding on the eastern shoreline just below the island and we watched the bird as it made its way south down the Pond. We were joined by Eric Miller as the requisite phone calls were made concerning the phalarope's presence. Unfortunately, the phalarope gave us the slip south of the raunt just as a number of birders arrived looking for it. I have put up some photos of the day's birds on my flickr site.
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