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Date Posted: 21:22:45 07/24/02 Wed
Author: joehildreth
Author Host/IP: NoHost / 12.111.234.254
Subject: Shorebirding the lakeshore (lenghty)

7-24-02
Bueatiful weather to be out

Maumee Bay S.P.
Stopped here first thing this morning around 7:30 spent approx an hour lookin over the beaches

killdeer
spotted sandpiper
12 sanderlings
least sandpiper
commern tern
forsters tern

Ottawa NWR
only drove in the entance road

10 snowy egrets
short billed dowitcher
least sandpiper
semipalmated sandpiper
pectoral sandpiper
killdeer
yellowlegs
great egrets
great blue herons

Medusa Marsh (along Barrett Rd.)

spotted sandpiper
yellowlegs
least sanpiper
pectoral sandpiper
4 snowy egrets
25+ mute swans (imatures&adults)
great egrets
great blue herons

Along Rt. 2 (between Rt.6 & Rt.4)
up to 7 cattle egrets seen feeding and flying

Pipe Creek W.A.

good habitat along the dike that bisects the larger loop
viewing isnt best since you must look through the weeds and reeds

75-90 short-billed dowitchers
many yellowlegs greater? or lesser?
least sandpipers
pectoral sandpipers
stilt sandpiper
killdeer
12 or so black crowned night herons

Pickeral Creek W.A.
Perhaps the best habitat around at the time
defanitly worth a check
Park at the observation deck follow the dike straight out towards the bay
about 1/2 the way out the habitat becomes excellent

many dowitchers
too many yellowlegs (at times they were deafening)
semipalmated sandpiper
least sandpiper
solitary sandpiper
spotted sanpiper
pectoral sandpiper
killdeer
Large black water snake

Ottawa NWR around 3-6 P.M.

birds in general on the entrance rd. were gone
found some habitat along the dike just south of where it says shorbirds on
the map supplied by the reffuge

yellowlegs
many dowitchers
least sandpiper
semipalmated sandpiper
4 bairds sandpipers
pectoral sandpiper
semipalmated plover

however the bird of the day wouldnt be found on a mudflat
walking the furthest north dike along the estuary perched up on a stick
associating with mallards

Marbled Godwit



Joe Hildreth ,17
Delta,Oh, fulton county

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