This morning there was a large mob of crows cawing in the woods by my house in
Commonland. I did not try to count, but it sounded like dozens high in the pine
trees. When I got close a neighbor who was also watching said there's an
injured one, and when I looked with my binoculars, sure enough
I think today's shorebirding trip was a success. About 40 people came. The
weather was great. I only noticed 1 mosquito, but we saw 11 species of
shorebirds. I talked about Tringa and Calidris genus shapes and about using the
relative size of different species as clues. ID problems we talked
