[va-bird] Hunting Creek, Aug. 31

  • From: "Rob Hilton" <aimophila10@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2002 13:32:11 -0400


This morning at Hunting Creek from around 9 am to noon, a gathering of 
birders noted the following shorebirds:

Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Least Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper (10 or more)
Pectoral Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper (2 adults)
Sanderling (at least 6)
Wilson's Phalarope (1)
Short-billed Dowitcher

Red Knot and Baird's Sandpiper were looked for but not seen (as far as I 
know).  Great Egret, Caspian and Forster's Tern were also present, as were 
gulls and other birds.

Best,

Rob Hilton
aimophila10@xxxxxxxxxxx
Silver Spring, MD

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