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5/10 - Milford Pt shorebirds; White-rumped Sandpiper

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Nick Bonomo
Sat, May 10, 2008 10:19 PM

Shorebird numbers continue to build. The highlight was a single
White-rumped Sandpiper. Here are some numbers from high tide (and it
was very high today):

4 Green-winged Teal
7 Red-breasted Mergansers
290 Brant
10 Black-bellied Plovers
164 Semipalmated Plovers
4 Piping Plovers
3 American Oystercatcher
41 Greater Yellowlegs
2 Lesser Yellowlegs
2 Willet
230 Sanderling
55 Semipalmated Sandpiper
118 Least Sandpiper
1 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER
70 Dunlin

From Nick Bonomo:

5/10 - Milford, Milford Pt -- WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER

Nick Bonomo
Orange, CT
http://shorebirder.blogspot.com/

Shorebird numbers continue to build. The highlight was a single White-rumped Sandpiper. Here are some numbers from high tide (and it was very high today): 4 Green-winged Teal 7 Red-breasted Mergansers 290 Brant 10 Black-bellied Plovers 164 Semipalmated Plovers 4 Piping Plovers 3 American Oystercatcher 41 Greater Yellowlegs 2 Lesser Yellowlegs 2 Willet 230 Sanderling 55 Semipalmated Sandpiper 118 Least Sandpiper 1 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER 70 Dunlin >From Nick Bonomo: 5/10 - Milford, Milford Pt -- WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER Nick Bonomo Orange, CT http://shorebirder.blogspot.com/