My apologies everyone.  Did a batch send to local  listservs.  MINWR is
Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge in Titusville,  Florida.  Just next door to
Kennedy Space Center.

See you out there!

Thomas J. Dunkerton
Titusville,  Florida
_www.pbase.com/boidpikchas_ (http://www.pbase.com/boidpikchas)







In a message dated 10/11/2006 8:13:19 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
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Hi
What and where is MINWR?
Dave Moore
Ottawa, ON,  Canada




----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas J. Dunkerton"  <[log in to unmask]>
To:  <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 10:47  PM
Subject: [SHOREBIRDS] Shorebirds- MINWR- 10/10/06


> Hey  Everybirdy,
>
>  Just thought I'd fill in the details from my  morning at  MINWR.
>  Hit Blackpoint at sunrise, which wasn't  very fruitful  aside from a few
> Blue-winged Teal and Northern  Shovelers.
>  Certainly one of the suprises of the day were a pair  of  Coyotes just
> south
> of Patillo Creek Road.  Then  I headed out to Shiloh  Marsh.  North of the
> Weather Tower  Road is where most of the action is,  today a good portion
> of  it
> was north of Shiloh 3 as well.  I  found a nice mixed  flock and made
> myself
> comfortable along the roadside  and  scanned.
> 100+ Western Sandpipers
> 230+ Least  Sandpipers
> 50+ Dunlin
> 13 Ruddy Turnstones
> 5  Willets
> 2 White-rumped Sandpipers (looked to be molting   juveniles)
> 25+ Semipalmated Sandpipers
> 3 Short-billed  Dowitchers
>  Something flushed them and they became more scattered  so  off I went to
> Biolab Road.
>  The gem of the day  being the Red-necked Phalarope, but  there was still a
> fairly  impressive crowd there as well.
> 40+ Lesser Yellowlegs
> 13  Greater Yellowlegs
> 6 Red Knots
> 1 Semipalmated Plover
> 2  Killdeer
> 8Willets
> 3 Pectoral sandpipers
> 100 Least  Sandpipers
> 50Western Sandpipers
> 10+ Semipalmated  Sandpipers
> 8 Ruddy Turnstones
> 1 (?) Short-billed  Dowitcher
> 2 Black-bellied Plovers
>  some of the numbers  are an accumulated estimate  from along the lagoon as
> there were  several scattered small  groups.
>  For anyone wishing to see  a few images of the Red-necked  Phalarope as
> well
> as a  couple of shorebirds (Western, Semi,  White-rumped) from today,
>  please
> stop in at:
>  _www.pbase.com/boidpikchas/new_stuff_
>  (http://www.pbase.com/boidpikchas/new_stuff)
>
> See you out  there!
>
> Thomas J. Dunkerton
> Titusville,   Florida
> _www.pbase.com/boidpikchas_  (http://www.pbase.com/boidpikchas)
>