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This afternoon I was joined by Jim and Louise Casto at the Hoover Nature
Preserve. We met at the boardwalk where activity was slow. There was no sign of
the Little Blue Heron, but there were 5 Great Egrets. Shorebirds were also
limited as we only observed Killdeer, a few Semipalmated Plovers, about 5
Lesser Yellowlegs, 4 Spotted Sandpipers, about 12 Semipalmated Sandpipers and
Least Sandpipers, and a lone Pectoral Sandpiper.
As we were leaving the parking lot we ran into Bruce Simpson and Robert
McNulty. They had just come from the east shore and said they didn’t see much
activity there. We went anyhow as I wanted to show the area to Jim and Louise.
It was a good decision. Although the numbers were not high, we had great
looks at what we saw which included several species Jim and Louise were after.
Upon arrival we were greeted by 3 Red-Shouldered Hawks that put on quite a
show for us. We then proceeded to the mudflats where we observed the following
shorebirds:
Black-bellied Plover (5)
Lesser Golden-Plover (1)
Semipalmated Plover (11)
Killdeer (50+)
Lesser Yellowlegs (13)
Spotted Sandpiper (4)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (20+)
Least Sandpiper (15+)
Pectoral Sandpiper (3)
Short-billed Dowitcher (9)
Charlie Bombaci
Hoover Nature Preserve
Delorme 58 C (2) & (3)
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