Hello everyone,

This evening the three Black-crowned Night-Herons were back at their roost 
on Town Creek in Oxford.  They are not as regular as they were last year.  
They are normally present every third or fourth evening.  Oxford/Spring Rd. 
impoundments are bursting with shorebirds.  Although nothing rare as shown 
up yet the numbers are staggering.  This evening I quickly checked the 
impoundments with all numbers approximated.

Pectorals -- 45
Stilt Sandpipers -- 5
Least Sandpipers -- 30
Semipalm Sands -- 50
Western Sands -- 5
Black-bellied Plovers -- 1
Semipalm Plovers -- 15
Short-billed Dow. -- 15
Killdeer -- 35
Lesser Yellowlegs -- 15
Greater Yellowlegs -- 10

These impoundments are relatively close to Rt. 50.  Anyone heading to the 
coast to bird should stop and check them out.  Rare shorebirds that have 
been seen here in the past have included --

Am. Golden Plover
Hudsonian Godwit
Wilson's Phalarope
Red Knot
Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Most waders are usually present although I am still waiting for my first 
Tricolored Heron.

To reach the impoundments take a right on Almshouse Road if travelling south 
on Rt. 50.  After a few miles hang a right on Spring Road.  The impoundments 
will be on the right.  Keep travelling down Spring Road until it dead ends 
into Oxford Road.  Hang a right on Oxford Road and another large impoundemnt 
will be on the right.  Stay on Oxford Road and hang a right on Llandaff Road 
and another impoundment will be on the right.  There is a lot of habitat and 
it would be great to have more eyes.

Jim Brighton
Oxford, Md
410-924-6445


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