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07/21/2014

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Roy Harvey
Tue, Jul 22, 2014 2:35 AM

Note: Just two reports today, but the same species many miles apart.

From Frank Mantlik:
07/21/14 - Milford, Milford Point -- 1 male WHITE-WINGED SCOTER
(swimming off nesting bar), at least 2000 Semipalmated Sandpipers on
marsh mudflats behind CAS Coastal Center as tide falling.

From Hank Golet:
07/21/14 - ld Lyme, Great Island -- male WHITE-WINGED SCOTER.  As I
was kayaking around the south tip of Great Island I saw the birds head
above the grass at the edge of the bank .  When I got closer it went
into the water and swam out a ways.  When I came back by an hour later
it was out a hundred feet diving/feeding.

Note: Just two reports today, but the same species many miles apart. From Frank Mantlik: 07/21/14 - Milford, Milford Point -- 1 male WHITE-WINGED SCOTER (swimming off nesting bar), at least 2000 Semipalmated Sandpipers on marsh mudflats behind CAS Coastal Center as tide falling. From Hank Golet: 07/21/14 - ld Lyme, Great Island -- male WHITE-WINGED SCOTER. As I was kayaking around the south tip of Great Island I saw the birds head above the grass at the edge of the bank . When I got closer it went into the water and swam out a ways. When I came back by an hour later it was out a hundred feet diving/feeding.