out to Lewis Bottoms Ponds this afternoon & had approx 24 Pectoral Sandpipers along with at least 12 C. Snipe & 3 Lesser Yellowlegs. Several Tree Swallows were over the ponds. After checking out Pleasant Creek Lake (rough water ) & not finding Black Scoter & seeing 3 Horned Grebes a few Ruddy's. Scaup & Bufflehd, went back to LBP's & a batch of shore birds were just leaving but there were still Yellowlegs, Snipe & Peck's still there just not as many. Also seen small flock of shorebirds going from East To West low over the water at Pleasant Creek.
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