Re: Allegany Co. Shorebirds

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Ray Kiddy wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> Mary Twigg and I visited North Branch in Allegany County Saturday
> morning 9:00 - 11:00 and found the following:
>
> Short-billed Dowitcher              1
> Common Snipe                         1
> Pectoral Sandpiper                    2
> Solitary Sandpiper                     1
> Spotted Sandpiper                     1
> Lesser Yellowlegs                      2
> Greater Yellowlegs                     1
> Least Sandpiper                         5
> Semi- Sandpiper                        2
> Great Blue Heron                       1
> Barn Swallow                            A few
> Eastern Kingbird                        4
>
> Not much by eastern shore or Hart-Miller standards but not too bad for
> W. MD.
>
> Ray Kiddy
> Cumberland, MD
> rrkiddy@hereintown.net

I know what you mean Ray, we have to work for our shorebirds in Cecil Co.
as well.  We do have a couple of spots that are fairly reliable tho`.  In
fact, I just got word tonight of upland sandpipers ( Gunthers Pond, Marcia
) , so guess I`ll be taking ( another ) trip south in the  morning.Leslie
Fisher
Cecil Co.Md.

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