Today Mearns member Steve Schuyler came down from Woodstock and we covered some of the black dirt area to see what was around. He was specifically hoping for Golden Plovers. When we made a pass through Skinners Lane and all the way out through the old Warren Sod Farm we found nothing of interest at all. We hit pay dirt when we got to the Pine Island Turf Nursery and after some disappointment we did find 77 Amer. Golden Plovers walking and feeding in a few close harvested fields and with a goodly number of Killdeer and two Harriers.
At Oil City Road only a couple of Common Egrets were visible from the platform but in the NW containment, now surprisingly 23 empty of water, we had 7 Greatern Yellowlegs, 2 Lesser Yellowlegs, 2 Pectoral Sandpipers and a goodly number of Killdeer.
A report that Buff-breasted Sandpipers had been seen yesterday on Indiana Road sent us over there but we did not hit on any shorebirds there other than Killdeer.
Ken McDermott
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