Today there were good puddles so I did a quick check at Merkle at mid day (lunch break!) and found a few shorebirds and a good number of migrant geese (I only had time for one good scan; no other species seen but I could easily have overlooked one). Some migrant highlights:
Canada Goose 1550 (at ponds and in fields)
Mallard 3 (in field)
Green Heron 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Killdeer 24 (in fields)
Greater Yellowlegs 12 (pond's edge)
Lesser Yellowlegs 8 (pond's edge)
Dunlin 14 (in fields)
White-rumped Sandpiper 1 (pond's edge)
Horned Lark 3 (in fields)
American Pipit 13 (in fields)
Cheers!
Jeff Shenot
Croom MD |