Here are some updated pictures from Fall of '07 at DCWMA (Brileyea) Also, a Whimbrel at Charlotte Town Beach.
Highlights this year for me were a Western Sandpiper and Stilt Sandpiper. The Baird's Sandpipers put in a good showing also there were Ruddy Turnstones spotted. A record number of Red-necked Phalaropes were spotted with a total of 7 at one time.
The birds this year were:
American Golden-Plover *Semipalmated Plover *Killdeer *Greater Yellowlegs *Lesser Yellowlegs *Solitary Sandpiper *Spotted Sandpiper *Hudsonian Godwit Ruddy Turnstone *Sanderling *Semipalmated Sandpiper *Western Sandpiper *Least Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper *Baird's Sandpiper *Pectoral Sandpiper Dunlin *Stilt Sandpiper Buff-breasted Sandpiper *Short-billed Dowitcher *Red-necked Phalarope *birds I observed |
Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs side by side for comparison. |