Since I was last at K-M Marsh on the 18th, the numbers and diversity of
shorebirds has increased. However, after reading Dave Nutter's email its
all relative. Birds that have increased markedly since the 18th are both
LEAST and SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS. There were a few large flocks and even a
one
The Sanderling was at Myers Pt. last evening and this morning as well as of
0745 h. I saw 3 Least Sandpipers around the islands in the creek and 2
Semipalmated Sandpipers on the spit...Stuart
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About 8:30 this a.m. a flock of Common Grackles descended on the lawn behind
our house. Probably in the order of 200 birds. I didn't scan the whole
flock but there did not seem to be any other species mixed in. So, does
this mean the summer is over??
Bill McAneny, TBurg
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The ospreys on the lake are beginning to fledge. The two chicks at
Portland Point started last Friday, the Treman Marina's pair started Monday
or Tuesday, and the others are soon to follow. Fledging at the north end of
the lake is well under way as well. The eldest of the three Salt Point
chicks
Jackie Bakker reports that she and Larue had an AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN at
Knox-Marsellus, Montezuma NWR this afternoon.
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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I was excited to find a large swallow roost (mostly Trees, but a few Barns and
Banks) a short way along the wildlife drive at Montezuma NWR this morning.
Thousands of swallows were perched among the cattails and the pink flowers of
swamp rose-mallows, they were there when I arrived about 7am.
The OSPREY pair continues at Union Field in Cass Park. This evening they were
perched at opposite ends of a crossbar of lights on a different pole than the
moved and since-unused nest. Their fidelity to the site and each other, despite
not following through with nesting this year, is
