Hi all,

Wed. 9/3
Darby Dan sod field, 7 a.m.  We arrived early, finding thick fog
preventing views over most of the field.  Many shorebirds were fairly
close but visibility was only about 100 ft.   No Buff-breasted
Sandpipers, Black-bellied Plovers.

American Golden plover  --  2
Killdeer
Lesser Yellowlegs  --  7
Least Sandpiper  --  10
Baird's Sandpiper  --  2 juv.
Pectoral Sandpiper  --  13
Long-billed Dowitcher  --  1, feeding in rain pool, sleeping, with
bill tucked over shoulder (worn adult)

BDMP; open woods around ranger station.  Red-eyed Vireos singing, few
warblers and/or flycatchers.

Olive-sided Flycatcher  -  1, snag, top of tall deciduous tree,
overlooking first parking area.
Eastern Wood pewee  -  < 15

Thurs. 9/4
Darby Dan sod field, 7 a.m.  It was apparent at arrival there were
more Killdeer (620) than previously. Shorebirds were closer also and
the pools were surrounded by small to large flocks.  As we started to
set up, they errupted and remained unsettled for sometime.  We quickly
discovered why, a juv. Cooper's Hawk striking and successfully taking
a Killdeer.  We watched it for a while until it flew, heading toward
the road and into the tree line along side the shoulder.  It stayed a
while, perched near the trunck at mid level.  It allowed a very close
approach, letting us observed it within ten feet.    Shorebirds
remained in the air, mostly circling the west end.  But they did land
again, first spreading out from below the ridge and further west, then
into areas much closer, especially the grassy area before the ridge
and the pools in the north and northeast corner, closer to the rd.  We
stopped again, after a visit to BDMP,

Black-bellied Plover  --  11
Americ Golden plover  --  22
Killdeer
Semipalmated Plover  --  9
Lesser Yellowlegs  --  10
WILLET  --  2
RUDDY TURNSTONE  --  4
Least Sandpiper  --  15
Baird's Sandpiper  --  5 juv.
Pectoral Sandpiper  --  33
Buff-breasted Sandpiper  --  7
Short-billed Dowitcher  --  1, juv.
Wilson's Snipe  -  5
Wilson's Phalorope  -  1

BDMP; open woods around ranger station, Overlook trail.  A few (more)
Red-eyed Vireos singing. A few warblers around, mostly upper
level/canopy specialists.

Red headed Woodpecker  -- 1 imm.
Hairy Woodpecker  --  4
Downy Woodpecker  --  2

Eastern Woodpewee  --  18
Least Flycatcher  --  2

Tennessee Warbler  --  10
Northern Parula  --  5
Yellow-throated Warbler  --  4
Bay-breasted Warbler  --  8
Black and White Warbler  --  7

Heat and humidity returning.  And note that a local sod farm is worth
keeping and eye on, especially following times of changeable
weather/region wide storms and soaking rains.  During the right
conditions, it can be very rewarding --  cases of observers detecting
everything from Pacific Golden plover to Long-billed Curlew or a rare
Godwit (even Bar-tailed and Black-tailed have turned up) to
Sharp-taled Sandpipers (so check any large flocks of Pectorals!)
exist!

Good birding!
--
David Tan
Columbus
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