I was at Conneaut on Saturday and Sunday mornings.
Not a huge number of shorebirds present, but a nice variety.
The highlight on Saturday was 4 Willets that arrived early but
unfortunately left
before most of the other birders arrived.
The highlights from Sunday were a single Avocet and Whimbrel.
The Avocet was present at daybreak and was still present when I left at
11:00am.
This bird was feeding and resting the whole time and seemed totally
unfazed by
the surrounding activity.
The Whimbrel flew in around 10:40am, or about 10 minutes after all the
other birders
had left (sorry about that JH & BG). The bird stayed on the ground no more
than
2 minutes before departing.

The combined tally for both days was 15 species of shorebirds:
Killdeer
Semipalmated Plover
Black Bellied Plover - 1 each on Sat & Sun
Least Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Sanderling
Ruddy Turnstone
SB Dowitcher
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Avocet
Whimbrel

Bob Krajeski
Ashtabula Co.

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