Sunday mornings check of Brilyea had abundant Killdeer,  Additional species 
seen from last Sunday were two Semipalmated Plovers. There was one also at 
McCuen Slang ( south of Champlain Bridge).  The water is lower at Brilyea 
but you still need to hike the right side pathway back to the mud flats. 
The impoundment at the causeway is still knee deep on the Great Blue Herons.

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> Location:     Dead Creek WMA IBA - Brilyea Access
> Observation date:     8/5/07
> Number of species:     53
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> Canada Goose     43
> Wood Duck     5
> American Black Duck     X
> Mallard     X
> Hooded Merganser     2
> Wild Turkey     2
> Double-crested Cormorant     1
> Great Blue Heron     26
> Osprey     2
> Red-tailed Hawk     1
> Semipalmated Plover     2
> Killdeer     73
> Greater Yellowlegs     9
> Lesser Yellowlegs     36
> Solitary Sandpiper     1
> Spotted Sandpiper     4
> Semipalmated Sandpiper     5
> Least Sandpiper     X-  MY estimate is several hundred, there are acres of
                      mud to search thru, and today they had Killdeer 
everywhere.
> Pectoral Sandpiper     1
> Ring-billed Gull     X
> Mourning Dove     X
> Belted Kingfisher     1
> Red-bellied Woodpecker     1
> Downy Woodpecker     2
> Northern Flicker     X
> Pileated Woodpecker 2 - one was a young one with bad-hair-day red top 
> knot.
> Eastern Wood-Pewee     3
> Great Crested Flycatcher     X
> Eastern Kingbird     X
> Yellow-throated Vireo     2
> Blue Jay     X
> American Crow     X
> Common Raven     1
> Tree Swallow     X
> Barn Swallow     X
> Black-capped Chickadee     X
> Tufted Titmouse     1
> Red-breasted Nuthatch     2
> Brown Creeper     1
> American Robin     X
> Gray Catbird     X
> Cedar Waxwing     X
> Yellow Warbler     2
> Common Yellowthroat     3
> Scarlet Tanager     1 (Still red, has not started to molt yet.)
> Savannah Sparrow     X
> Song Sparrow     X
> Swamp Sparrow     X
> Bobolink     7 ( Male was starting to show molt)
> Red-winged Blackbird     X
> Common Grackle     X
> Baltimore Oriole     1
> American Goldfinch     X  (Out on the mud flats along with Catbirds, 
> Robins and sparrows. (Just did not realize how small a least sandpiper is 
> until a song sparrow hops by and the sparrow is larger!
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> This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/vins)
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