Thanks Mark and Jay for posting after my phone calls. There were in total 7
AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVERS in the newly-harvested potato fields along Rt 31 in the
Mucklands. Five of them were adults in various stages of molt and two were
freshly-minted juveniles. They were between 100 and 200 feet
During Bill Evans' event on Mt Pleasant Saturday night I recorded a faint and
distant series of four hoots that sounded and looked like Long-eared Owl.
Then last night and again tonight I recorded several series of bill-clackings
in the same area. At this point I feel secure in confirming the
I was shown LaRue's report from this morning noting 2 WILSON'S PHALAROPES at
May's Point Pool. In spite of an hour's careful scoping by Dave Nicosia and
myself, we were unable to relocate the birds this afternoon. If they have moved
on, perhaps their next stop is the red lighthouse jetty.
We
There were three Spotted Sandpipers on the spit at Myers at 5:30 am this
morning. No other shorebirds. Also four Belted Kingfishers and numerous Barn,
Tree, Bank, and rough-winged swallows. No Martins.
There was a single Lesser Yellowlegs as well as two spotted Sandpipers along
the beach at
