Laura Keene and I stopped at Wilderness Road on the way home from Jen
Brumfield's last lake pelagic trip which was from Vermilion.  We checked
the Wilderness Road area from the west side first and it appeared to be
very dry with only Killdeer present.  But as we watched small flocks of
shorebirds appeared and I counted 24 Pectoral Sandpipers, 31 Lesser
Yellowlegs, 4 Least Sandpipers and 1 Semipalmated Plover.  Then we noticed
that Jamie Dominguez and Sarah and others arrived on the east side, so we
joined them, including Leslie Sours and at least one more birder and a
photogragher.  There was more water and wetlands available and visible from
the east side even though the light was very poor and there was a large
number of shorebirds present with very good diversity.  Totals east and
west sides:  At least 75 Lesser Yellowlegs (count), 2 Greater Yellowlegs,
13 Stilt Sandpipers- imm. at close range, about 50 (count plus est.)
Pectoral Sandpipers, 4 Least Sandpipers, 1 Black-bellied Plover (imm.), 3
Semipalmated Plovers, at least 100 Killdeer.  It was difficult to get an
actual count, because the birds were being flushed frequently by either a
Peregrine Falcon or Bald Eagle (I did not see the source.).  We looked
carefully for other shorebirds but did not find/confirm any.  No
White-rumped.  Jamie thought he may have had a Buff-breasted but all the
birds flushed shortly thereafter, and some of the Pectoral Sandpipers were
rather buffy looking or may have been the late day light.  We rapidly ran
out of light.  Also present:  3 Bald Eagles ( 2 ad. + I imm., couldn't tell
for sure what year, maybe first year), about 10 Sandhill Cranes and several
Great Blue Herons.  Quite a late evening show.  The shorebirds could have
been late day migration arrivals.
Jay

Jay G Lehman Cincinnati, OH
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