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Date: | Sun, 30 Sep 2007 22:23:40 -0400 |
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After visiting Indian Lake SP, I stopped at Hoover Reservoir at Weise
Road and the boardwalk. The water level is even further down than when
I last visited on September 9. There was a small group of shorebirds
with reasonable diversity this evening starting at about 5:00 - 5:30 pm.
I walked out on the mudflats off Weise Road to get a close enough look
at these birds with a scope. I wore my Muckster Shoes. Water proof
foot covering is highly recommended! I walked out as far as I could
until the mud got too soft. There were foot prints indicating that
someone walked closer to the water than I did!
Pectoral Sandpiper 14
Baird's Sandpiper 2 (young birds of the year)
Least Sandpiper 16
Semipalmated Sandpiper 1
Stilt Sandpiper 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 4
Greater Yellowlegs 18
Semipalmated Plover 5
Killdeer many
American Pipit 10
Great Egret 6
I stopped briefly at the boardwalk, but did not add any new species to
the list. The best viewing was from Wiese Road mudflats. However, from
the boardwalk I did find a large flock of 20 yellowlegs along the shore
just south of the area where I walked out on the mudflats from Weise
Road. There were 18 Greater Yellowlegs and about 2 Lesser Yellowlegs in
this flock that was very actively feeding. I suspect that this flock
arrived between my departure from Weise Road mudflats and my arrival out
to the first observation point on the boardwalk. They were feeding very
actively, almost a feeding frenzy, as if they had just arrived from a
long flight and needed food before dark. From Weise Road, I had scanned
the same area but didn't find them, so I think they had just arrived. I
was hoping for a White-rumped Sandpiper or a Long-billed Dowitcher,
previously reported at Hhoover, but no luck this time.
Jay
Jay G. Lehman
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Cincinnati, OH
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