Today Alfred Adamo took me to Presqu'ile for Shorebirds and we were not disappointed in our shorebird quest. We found the previously reported Buff-breasted Sandpiper (possibly 2), and not one but 2 Western Sandpipers.
Some other birds we found as we wandered around were Pied-billed Grebe, Great Egret, Bonaparte's Gulls, lots of Common and Caspian Terns, 7 Greater Scaup, Common Loon, 13 shorebird species that included besides the 2 above species Ruddy Turnstones, Sanderling, 10 Baird's Sandpipers, Pectoral Sandpipers, both Lesser and Greater Yellowlegs, and many Semipalmated Sandpipers and Semipalmated Plovers, 2 or maybe 3 Black-billed Cuckoos, 6 Ruby-throated Hummingbirds (as we stood on Owen Point 5 Hummingbirds shot out of the willows and quickly flew out of sight over the lake), Belted Kingfishers, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, a family of 3 House Wrens, Swainson's Thrush, 10 Warbler species including Mourning and Canada, Rose-breasted Grosbeaks and lots of the usual suspects.
Despite the high humidity it was a very nice day to be out birding, no wind and no burning sun.
