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I stopped by Conneaut Harbor this morning for a couple hours.  There were
only a couple black-bellied plover and semipalmated plovers when I arrived.
After that, small numbers trickled through until I left.  The wet area where
the shorebirds had been congregating is dry and all the shorebirds are using
the edge of the mudflat.  Without a doubt, the best bird was a RED PHALAROPE
that dropped in and stayed just north of the narrow sandbar where the gulls
usually sit.  I was able to watch it in the scope as it floated around the
shallow water and briefly was on the shore there.  there were quite a few
gulls there and it was often hidden.  In fact it went behind some gulls and
after that I was unable to relocate it.  I am not sure when it flew off, but
when an eagle went through about 15 minutes later it was not there.  Other
birds seen were 1 adult lesser black-backed gull, 1 great egret, 1 peregrine
falcon and Lapland longspurs.

Shorebirds seen were:
Semipalmated plover   4
Golden plover   3
Black-bellied plover   2
Killdeer   1
Sanderling   3
Ruddy turnstone   2
Semipalmated sandpiper   1
Western sandpiper   2
RED PHALAROPE   1

John Pogacnik
4765 Lockwood Road
Perry, OH 44081
(440) 259-2751

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