Shorebirds at Wastewater August 18 Morning

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Feller DeWitt and I birded the Wastewater lagoon areas this morning counting 36 bird species and 11 species of shorebirds.

Location:    Muskegon Wastewater System
Observation date:    8/18/10
Notes:    Most of these shorebirds were in Aeration Cell #3.  Many of the Baird's Sandpipers appeared to be juveniles.

Peregrine Falcon    1
Black-bellied Plover    1
Semipalmated Plover    1
Killdeer    16
Spotted Sandpiper    19
Greater Yellowlegs    1
Lesser Yellowlegs    28
Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs    2
Semipalmated Sandpiper    27
Least Sandpiper    10
Baird's Sandpiper    11
Pectoral Sandpiper    6
peep sp.    2
Short-billed Dowitcher    1

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- Ric Pedler
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