Western Sandpiper, Grasshopper Sparrow, Wayne County Sunday

[Jerry Jourdan]

I stopped by Arkona Rd just east of Haggerty this afternoon (4:30pm) and
dipped on the Western Sandpiper reported yesterday by Walt.  There were
plenty of Solitary Sandpipers, Pectoral Sandpipers, Spotted Sandpipers,
Lesser Yellowlegs, and a single Greater Yellowlegs.  Immature Least
Sandpipers and a pair of Semipalmated Sandpipers were present, but no
evidence of dark-legged rufous-shouldered peep.  Sorry, Walt!  Nice habitat,
though!

Jerry
http://jerryjourdan.blogspot.com



On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 9:34 PM, Daryl & Gail Aspery <gr8gray at wowway.com>wrote:

>   Walt Polowski reports that there is an adult male Western Sandpiper in
> the new wetlands area of the Carleton Landfill. This is located next to
> Crosswinds Marsh. The new mudflats are on the south side of Arkona between
> Haggerty and Clark at the north end of the landfill. He reports the wetland
> has about 35 shorebirds which is down from the 60 plus of the past week. The
> Western Sandpiper has been around for several days. Yesterday there was a
> Bairds Sandpiper as well. It looks like this new mudflat is the best game in
> town for shorebirds.
> I had a couple Grasshopper Sparrows still hanging around the Eloise
> Farmland in Westland on Saturday.
>
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