Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Shorebirds at Wastewater Wednesday

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Anticipating the August 20 field trip, I spent a couple hours surveying the shorebirds in Aerator Lagoons 5, 2 and 3 this morning.  Phil Willemstein showed up along the way.  We found 8 species.
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- Ric
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Muskegon Wastewater System, Muskegon, US-MI
Aug 10, 2011 9:30 AM - 11:45 AM


Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)  1
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)  3
Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)  3
Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria)  1
Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)  1
Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)  19
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)  3
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)  49
peep sp. (Calidris sp.)  32   (Most probably Least Sandpipers.)
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This report was generated automatically by eBird.
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