Yesterday, I spent the day at Pickerel Creek, to take advantage of the
last days before the water level
is raised.  I couldn't find the red knots, but there were at least 8
stilt sandpipers, along with
a good number of pectoral sandpipers.  Also several white rumped
sandpipers
which I was able to pick out on my own, thanks  to K. Kaufman's blog
which I'd just looked at
in conjunction with the post on the diversity conference.
He has a very useful bit there on separating white rumps from the
other sandpipers.

Back home, too late to start anything, I decided to keep watching
birds and went over to
check Frohring Meadows at 5:00.

Barn swallows numbered in the 100s over
the meadow area. Half the wet meadow has been
scraped of vegetation, but no water has accumulated and
so far it just attracts mourning doves, killdeer and swallows.
Savannah sparrows seem to like the small dirt mound.

But along the woodland edge, where there is now a mowed
strip I found a busy little section full of robins and the first
warbler movement.

1 Canada Warbler
1 Nashville Warbler
1 Wilson's Warbler
Also a warbling vireo.

Back at  home at 7:00, a glance near the house found
a first black throated green warbler and a bay breasted warbler to add
to yesterday's a. redstarts.

On the pond, close to 40 wood ducks in every kind of plumage. A record
number
for my little puddle.

Inga Schmidt
Chagrin River Road, Geauga/Cuy county line

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