[MDOsprey] Hunting Creek shorebirds -- 22 Aug

SSUTER (ssuter@aaas.org)
Mon, 23 Aug 1999 10:43:41 -0400 

     On the rising tide in the early afternoon (1350 to 1510 EDT) Sunday, 
     22 Aug, the surprisingly small (& shrinking) delta flats to the West 
     of the GW Parkway bridge held good numbers (and a good diversity) of 
     shorebirds (if one ignored the White Pelican off to the East of the 
     bridge over the already flooded bar):
     
     Killdeer 30+
     Greater Yellowlegs 49 (with 2 more flying off E of the bridge)
     Lesser Yellowlegs 23
     Semipalmated Sandpiper c 18
     Western Sandpiper 2
     Least Sandpiper 110
     White-rumped Sandpiper 2 (ad)
     Pectoral Sandpiper 14
     Short-billed Dowitcher 8
     Long-billed Dowitcher 1 (seemingly same bird on & off since 31 July)
     
     Laughing Gull 115
     Ring-billed Gull 280
     Caspian Tern 28 ad, 13 im
     Forster's Tern 89 ad, 6 im
     
     Sherman Suter
     Alexandria VA 22307
     ssuter@aaas.org