Hey everyone,
I subscribe to several listserves in the central US and it is now almost mid-may and I have yet to see very many shorebird reports. So far, I've seen reports of Least and Pectoral Sandpipers, both Dowitchers, Dunlin, Spotted and Solitary Sandpipers. Only a few select reports of semipalm plovers and only one report of Semipalm Sandpiper. No reports have had any kind of numbers, always one here, a couple there and a few more there. So my question is, is anyone seeing any shorebirds? Here in WI, shorebird numbers and diversity have been terrible. Practically nothing compared to what we're used to seeing. Have they simply flown over? or are they just not here yet? -- Happy Birding! --Chris W, Madison, WI Interpretive Naturalist Mississippi Explorer Cruises http://mississippiexplorer.com/ http://swallowtailedkite.blogspot.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/swallowtailphoto [email protected] --- Please contribute your sightings to our list; it is only as good as members make it! --- Birding channel recommendation for FRS/GMRS radio use: Primary selection; channel 5/0 , alternate selection; channel 6/0 --- This mailing list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union. Membership available on-line at http://www.iowabirds.org/iou/membership.asp. ----- You are currently subscribed to ia-bird as: [email protected]
