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From: "wdshaffer" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 2:00 PM
Subject: [PABIRDS] Conneaut Harbor Shorebirds


Hi,

Yesterday, Dana and I arrived at Conneaut Harbor at about 6:45am and endured
the rain until about 3pm. It was a fantastic day for birding but not for
photography. Large groups of peeps were flying in and out before they could
be scanned. So, I'm sure we missed a number of good birds. The Red Knots
were particularly interesting to  me in that one was a juvenile in
nonbreeding plumage while the other was an adult in breeding plumage which
was pretty much intact.  Here are the results:

Red Knot - 2
Buff-breasted Sandpiper - 1
Baird's Sandpiper - 1
Western Sandpiper - 1 perhaps 2 or 3 more
Least Sandpipers - 100+
Semipalm Sandpiper - 100+
Pectoral Sandpiper - 12
Stilt Sandpiper - 3
Ruddy Turnstone - 3
Short-billed Dowitcher - 3
Black-bellied Plover - 1
Am Golden Plover - 7
Semipalm Plover - 10
Gr Yellowlegs - 2
Lesser Yellowlegs - 15
Sanderling - 12
Wilson's Snipe - 1
Bl-crowned Night Heron - 1 on beach
Green Heron - 1
Common Tern - 45 in one group
Forster's Tern - 6
Bald Eagle - 4

Regards,

Walt and Dana Shaffer

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