Ted Murin and Dick Murin and Lyla Slayton spent a couple hours this morning checking out the mouth of Dead Creek. 

Among the birds seen: 

5 Black-bellied Plovers 

Est. 20 Semipalmated Plovers 

4 Killdeer 

15 Greater Yellowlegs 

3 Lesser Yellowlegs 

1 Spotted Sandpiper 

Est. 20 Least Sandpipers 

Est. 10 Semipalmated Sandpipers 

1 Baird's Sandpiper 

2 juv. Stilt Sandpipers 

18 Great Egrets 

2 Bald Eagles 

18 Pied-billed Grebes 

1 Northern Harrier 

Est. 5 Caspian Terns 

Est. 30 Common Terns 

26 Black Terns 

Dottie