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From: Andy Wraithmell <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 11:58:26 PM
Subject: [BRDBRAIN] St Marks NWR high tide Monday


Shorebird numbers on lighthouse pond were high at high tide this evening.

7 Whimbrel
3 Stilt Sandpiper
750 Short-billed Dowitcher
500 Dunlin
250 Western Sandpiper
110 Ruddy Turnstone
22 American Oystercatcher
20 Red Knot
200 Willet
25 Greater Yellowlegs
4 Lesser Yellowlegs
6 Wilson's Plover
2 Semipalmated Plover
75 Black-bellied Plover
100 Least Sandpiper
10 Black-necked Stilt

1 Caspian Tern
2 Least Tern
3 Bald Eagle
3 Orchard Oriole
3 Sora
2 Northern Harrier


the highlight was watching a Northern Harrier take a Willet. The commotion attracted an adult Bald Eagle who after a short search found the harrier and its meal and stole it!

cheers

Andy Wraithmell
www.surfbirds.com/blog/limeybirder
www.pbase.com/limeybirder

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