Hi All,

This morning at approximately 7:30am Laura Stiefel and I discovered a Purple
Sandpiper on one of the short sections of break wall along the Lake Erie beach
at Maumee Bay St Park.

We crawled around on the icy rocks at water line to get an angle for a photo.
 After taking a few images we retreated and left the bird resting, it never
budged while we were photographing.  Later, after a few others arrived, we
could not relocate the bird.

There doesn't appear to be much in the way of Purple Sandpiper forage as the
rocks are pretty bare.  I suggest the bird probably finished resting then went
in look of food.  I've walked the rocks at Maumee Bay St Park many times this
time of year in hopes of finding a Purple Sandpiper......FINALLY!

Other interesting birds in the park today include a couple of Snow Buntings,
two Greater White-fronted Geese, Eastern Phoebe, Black-crowned Night Heron and
a Common Goldeneye that landed in the inland lake.
I had been seeing a few E. Meadowlarks but none today.
Yesterday in the back yard I had a Red-breasted Nuthatch, a Fox Sparrow, two
Rusty Blackbirds and two Golden-crowned Kinglets.
Good Birding!

Brian Zwiebel

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