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Date Posted: 19:58:06 07/19/03 Sat
Author: Brian Zwiebel
Author Host/IP: cache-mtc-ak06.proxy.aol.com / 64.12.96.203
Subject: Re: Pickerel Creek Information
In reply to: Dan Sanders 's message, "Pickerel Creek Information" on 19:27:40 07/19/03 Sat

Thanks Dan for the info. This will likely come in handy in the near future. Last Sunday I checked the impoundments north and west of the observation platform. Not quite dry as a bone but nearly so. I walked right through the impoundment north of the platform and only encountered soggy ground once.

I did have ~50 Least Sandpipers in the area and a smattering of other shorebirds, one of which I would call a Western Sandpiper. (slightly decurved bill, black legs, very white below and rustier than the other peeps that were present).

Brian

>Hello All,
> Last week we stopped at the Pickerel Creek
>Headquarters and I talked with a man who provided us
>with a map an information about where the best
>shorebird habitat might be. The impoundments to the
>North and West of the observation decks were let down
>some time ago and are probably mostly dried up by now,
>but they are currently in the process of letting
>several units down in the SE corner of the Wildlife
>area. He suggested that we park in an unmarked parking
>area along SR 6, about half way between Vickery Rd and
>the SE corner of the WA, and then walking the dike
>North (in line with a row of dead trees where the
>eagles often are seen perched), checking the
>impoundments to the East. there are 4 or 5 units in
>this SE corner that are currently being let down. The
>best shorebird habitat was along the N side of the
>unit where that N-S dike "Ts". There weren't many
>shorebirds there at the time, but the habitat looked
>pretty good all along the unit for a couple of hundred
>yards to the East. In the morning, viewing would be
>better by approaching this area from the road that
>runs along the East side of the WA.
> He also mentioned that the next area to be "let
>down" would be directly North of here; in the
>Northeast corner of the WA. This man was very pleasant
>and helpful and remembered last year when the Ruff and
>Red-necked Stint attracted a lot of birders to the
>area.
> I hope that this information will be useful to
>those of you in search of what appears to be very
>limited shorebird habitat along Lake Erie for this
>year's Fall migration. Good Birding!
>
>More later,
>Dan Sanders
>Columbus

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