eBird Report - Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary, 9/18/10 - The Buff-breasted Sandpiper is still in attendance!!

Hello my fellow birders! Just a fairly quick notation here about my 55 minute trek at Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary in search of the reported Buff-breasted Sandpiper that had been seen over this past week and was initially sighted this past Saturday (the 11th) by Pamela Sowizral, Kathy Seymour and her birding group that she was leading that Saturday morning! So yes, as the title of this post implies, the Buff-breasted is still present in the southern section of the Boyce Farm Fields, chilling and perusing along with at least a Baker's dozen of Killdeer (probably more there)! A half-dozen Eastern Bluebirds (most of them immature) were hanging around the bluebird boxes they have up near Boyce Field. Other highlights were a Red-tailed Hawk buzzing by right over my head near the entrance of Wildlife Care while I was walking back to my car; a Red-bellied Woodpecker noisily looking for insects near the Education Center and a female Ruby-throated Hummingbird zipping around and perching near the array of bird feeders that are situated near the main parking lot/walkway up to the Nature Center. I hope other folks get a chance to see this Buff-breasted, for it was definitely a Lifer for me today! Happy birding everybody!

Location:     Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary
Observation date:     9/18/10
Notes:     Buff-breasted Sandpiper is still present at the Boyce Farm Fields near the southwestern quadrant of the area along with numerous Killdeer.
Number of species:     19

Red-tailed Hawk - Buteo jamaicensis     1 (Wildlife Care area)
Killdeer - Charadrius vociferus     13 (Boyce Farm Fields)
Buff-breasted Sandpiper - Tryngites subruficollis     1 (Boyce Farm Fields)

Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura     1

Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Archilochus colubris     1 (bird feeder area near parking lot)
Red-bellied Woodpecker - Melanerpes carolinus     1 (near Education Center)

Downy Woodpecker - Picoides pubescens     1
Eastern Phoebe - Sayornis phoebe     1
Blue Jay - Cyanocitta cristata     6
American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos     2
Black-capped Chickadee - Poecile atricapillus     9
Tufted Titmouse - Baeolophus bicolor     3
White-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta carolinensis     5

Eastern Bluebird - Sialia sialis     6 (Boyce Field area)

American Robin - Turdus migratorius     10
Gray Catbird - Dumetella carolinensis     4

Baltimore Oriole - Icterus galbula     1 (Drumlin Loop Trail)

American Goldfinch - Spinus tristis     7
House Sparrow - Passer domesticus     8

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