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Greetings birders -
Gabe Leidy and I hit Conneaut this morning, starting around 9 am and continuing till 1:30 pm. Shorebird numbers were small to medium considering the available habitat. Human disruption in the area is likely the greatest factor in fewer numbers/species. A juvenile WILLET was present from apparently 7 am and continued at ridiculously close range even as I left the area at 1:30. At 1 pm, a major front moved in (great lightning show and a water spout (!) ) and dropped a winter plumaged AMERICAN AVOCET smack dab on the flats. The Avocet remained on the harbor side of the flats (viewed from the parking lot/boat launch) when I left.
Shorebirds - 11 species
Black-bellied Plover - 3
Semipalmated Plover - 20+
Killdeer - 30
American Avocet - 1
Least Sandpiper - 20+
Semipalmated Sandpiper - 20+
Sanderling - 2
Spotted Sandpiper - 2
Lesser Yellowlegs - 7
Greater Yellowlegs - 2
Willet - 1
Other species: Black-crowned Night-Heron, Green Heron, Osprey, American Kestrel, Bald Eagle, Caspian Tern, Bonaparte's Gull, Sora, Purple Martin, Bank Swallow, Yellow Warbler.
Best of birding -
Jen
Jen Brumfield
Sharon Center, OH
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