Weather conditions made for a great trip to Conneaut today.  Less people
were on the flats because of the clouds, but it never actually rained much.
Low winds made the water on the flats still like glass.

Anyway, we were there from around 9:30 - 2:00.  Not a huge amount of
shorebirds were present, but there were nice finds.  My group did not see
the Piping plover today (saw it Monday), but I was told it was observed this
morning.

Highlights:

2-3 Least Bitterns - Really cooperative...posing in the open, flying across
the water, vocalizing, etc.  Present all day, mostly in the back row of
phragmites but sometimes closer.

3 Whimbrels - Flew over low without stopping at 1:45

Also around the flats:

6-8 Semipalmated plovers
6 Semipalmated sandpipers
4 Least sandpipers
2 Lesser yellowlegs
3 Sanderlings
2 Killdeer
8-10 Caspian terns
2-3 Willow flycatchers
Several Marsh wrens
Tons of Barn swallows, Bank swallows, and martins
>12 Bald eagles
>12 TVs

Great day overall.  Can't wait to see what else shows up in the coming
weeks.



--
John Guy Petruzzi Fine Art & Illustration
www.johnguypetruzzi.com

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