Hans Clebsch and I visited Conneaut for two hours yesterday, at mid-day.
  We managed ten species of shorebirds, including a Sanderling, four
Short-billed Dowitchers, the Stilt Sandpiper that others have been
reporting (spectacular breeding-plumaged adult), and a Greater Yellowlegs.

The real highlight was spotting two Whimbrel flying into the harbor.
They landed for about twenty seconds, sized up the place, then took off
to the east and disappeared.

The Conneaut drop-in-and-leave phenomenon is pretty interesting, and it
really makes it hard to leave the place when shorebirds keep appearing
out of mid-air.

Andy Jones
Cleveland Heights, OH


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Andy Jones, Ph.D.
William A. and Nancy R. Klamm Endowed Chair of Ornithology
and Head of Department of Ornithology
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
1 Wade Oval Drive, University Circle
Cleveland, OH 44106
http://www.cmnh.org/site/researchandcollections_Ornithology.aspx
Photography: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ornitholoco

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