Hi all,

I was at Delta Park this morning and had 11 species of shorebirds. I arrived 
there at 5:42 a.m. and got back to my vehicle at 7:41 a.m. I then called Ted 
M. & Jim O. and since they were on the way, decided to go back out and the 
3 of us birded until 10:12 a.m. I found a Red-necked Phalarope (j) at 6:57 
a.m. A birder named Kevin (sorry I forgot his last name) was there and he was 
able to get a look at it through my scope before it took off for good. It only 
stayed for no more than 2 minutes. I also had a total of 20 Sanderlings at 
7:41 a.m. When Ted, Jim & I were counting them together 4 more had arrived 
for a total of 24. It did not rain at all while I was out there. Good luck to 
others if you go out there.
My complete list:

Delta Park, Colchester, Chittenden, US-VT
Aug 28, 2012 5:42 AM - 10:12 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
31 species

Canada Goose  147
Mallard  4
Common Merganser  5
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Great Blue Heron  3
Great Egret  1
Osprey  1
Northern Harrier  1
Semipalmated Plover  20     16 in one group and 4 in another.
Greater Yellowlegs  10     All in one group.
Lesser Yellowlegs  3
Sanderling  24     I started with 2 and it went to 3, 4, 6, 10,15,16,20 then 
finally 24 before I left.
Semipalmated Sandpiper  24     A carefull count.
Least Sandpiper  72     A slow and deliberate count.
White-rumped Sandpiper  6     I had 5 of them for quite a while and then 1 
more showed up.
Baird's Sandpiper  3
Pectoral Sandpiper  3
Wilson's Snipe  2
Red-necked Phalarope  1
Bonaparte's Gull  3
Ring-billed Gull  17
Herring Gull  2
Great Black-backed Gull  1
Caspian Tern  6
Black Tern  2
Common Tern  77     A conservative count while they were on a sandbar.
Merlin  1
Tree Swallow  2
Barn Swallow  2
Marsh Wren  1
Carolina Wren  1

Enjoy Birds,

Jim Mead