Not much shaking at Stewart Park this morning in the rain. Ruddy Ducks are up to 72 birds off the east end, and Buffleheads at least 12, but I wasn't able to find any scoters offshore (all three species were seen from East Shore Park yesterday morning.) I did spot a few shorebirds on the red lighthouse jetty, a yellowlegs and several smaller shorebirds that I thought might be peeps. Since it's getting late for any of the smaller shorebirds, I decided to take a very wet jog out to the white lighthouse for a closer look (this is what I did last week to confirm the Pectoral and Dunlin on the jetty as well.) Alas, the yellowlegs turned out to be a GREATER YELLOWLEGS and the smaller birds were only 9 DUNLIN, foraging all along the jetty. Still, it was cool to see that many shorebirds at the South End.
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