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This was evening, 6:30-7:30.  As Jay mentioned, flocks came in and numbers built as the sun was setting. They probably clear out during the day, with new ones arriving in the evening.

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On Sep 24, 2015, at 12:41 PM, Douglas Bohanan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> 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
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> 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
>> Sent from DROID RAZR HD
>> 
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