a different Western Sandpiper + Red Knot - Pte. Mouillee, Sun.

[Bruce M. Bowman]

Don and Robyn Henise had a winter plumage (gray) Western Sandpiper in 
cell three at Pte. Mouillee on Saturday.  A different individual was seen 
there today in the late morning by several birders--Reg Baker, Tex Wells, 
Sean Bachman, Wayne Fisher, me, and others.  This bird was colorfully 
marked, not gray.  It's a juvenile, IMO--i.e., not an adult in breeding 
plumage.  This bird was on the Lake Erie side of cell three, at the same 
location as yesterday's Western Sandpiper.  From the dike between cell 
three and cell four (primary cell three viewing location), continue on to 
the lake and turn the corner; continue on to a wide, open viewing area 
behind and beyond the gulls; for us the Western Sandpiper was just down 
the bank in the nearest water.

I may be able to post some pics to the Grove Street site later in the 
afternoon.

Another bird of interest at Pte. Mouillee today, also in cell three 
(primary viewing area and very near), was a Red Knot in winter plumage  
(pics later).

We had a total of 15 shorebirds in cell three, including probably the 
same Ruddy Turnstone reported by Don.  As far as I know, no one found a 
Buff-breasted Sandpiper (reported by Don).

Bruce
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Bruce M. Bowman                     
Ann Arbor, Michigan USA             
Washtenaw Co., southeast Michigan   
bbowman99 at comcast.net               
http://www.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds