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[Lana Hays <lhays2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I made a trip to the fish hatchery this morning.   I was hoping for  
some terns but there were none present.    There weren't a lot of  
shorebirds and even less light.  All the shorebird action was on pond  
#56 and #66.   The shorebirds would be on one pond and when something  
flushed them, they'd go to the other pond so they spent time back and  
forth.

I ran into Mike Wright and Fred Busroe when I first got there.  Mike  
had not seen the White-rumped Sandpiper this morning  but I found  
it.  It really blended in with the dull mud, especially since it was  
so cloudy and it hung by the rocks much of the time.  In talking to  
Fred, I think that he mentioned that he had seen a Western Sandpiper  
last night.  I found a Sandpiper that might be a Western but I'm not  
sure.  I've only seen them in Florida when they were in their  
breeding plumage.  I stayed from 8:30 to 12:30 but the mix of  
shorebirds didn't change.

I have shots of the White-rumped Sandpiper and what I "think" is the  
Western.  I've added them to my webpage so I would appreciate any ID  
help for sure on what I've listed as the Western.  These certainly  
aren't quality images as the light was horrible and I had to use flash.

www.lanahays.com
(KY) What's New

Killdeer
Semipalmated Plovers
Semipalmated Sandpipers
Pectoral
Least Sandpipers
White-rumped Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper

Lana Hays
(Walton, KY)

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