I was at Conneaut today from noon till 3:30
 
The outer spit was flooded with over half of it under water
 
I had nine species of shorebirds with the highlight being a single Whimbrel that flew in calling and landing on the spit
The bird ended up moving over to the nearby brakewall before disappearing after an hour or so
 
shorebirds
 
1 WHIMBREL
1 Dunlin
1 Sanderling
1 Ruddy Turnstone
37 Semipalmated Sandpiper
3 Spotted Sandpiper
1 White-rumped Sandpiper
2 Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
 
also
 
10 Bald Eagle
1 Great Egret
5 Great Blue Heron
1 A. Wigeon
1 Bonaparte`s Gull
2 Caspian Tern
4 Purple Martin
8 D.c. Cormorant
1 Belted Kingfisher
 
also from Ashtabula Co. at Pymatuning S.P. there was a late drake Canvasback and three Ruddy Ducks
 
 
 
Mark Vass
Ambridge,Pa.
 

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