What time of day was this?  I went Monday and the construction was rolling back and forth.  I didn't see a single thing.  Also, the private property sign on the opposite side kind of warned me off.

-DB

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> On Sep 24, 2015, at 11:08 AM, Jay Lehman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> 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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