Monday, August 9, 2010

MWS Shorebird Survey, August 9

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On Monday I covered the Muskegon Wastewater Shorebird Survey for Carolyn Weng, who is visiting family in California. I tallied nine species of shorebirds.

Killdeer 21
Semipalmated Plover 1
Spotted Sandpiper 67
Lesser Yellowlegs 36
Semipalmated Sandpiper 16
Least Sandpiper 72
Baird's Sandpiper 1
Pectoral Sandpiper 3
Short-billed Dowitcher 1

An interesting find was a leucistic Horned Lark in the infiltration basins north of aerator cells. The bird was entirely dull yellow and white.

- Brian Johnson
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