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Hi all, A quick outing this morning: Shelburne Bay: 1 Greater Yellowlegs left of the big rocky ledge area. Shelburne Beach: 4 Bufflehead (m) 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker (heard then seen flying) Charlotte Town Beach: 1 Black-bellied Plover (j) on the exposed gravel area in front of Holmes Creek. This took some time and critical scrutiny for me to identify this bird as a Black- bellied Plover. As anyone who has ever tried to identify a shorebird specie knows, the most difficult one to identify is a bird that is all by itself, which this one was. There was no other bird, (not even a Killdeer) with this Plover to compare its' size and markings to. The only other time that I had seen a Black- bellied Plover juvenile was last fall. I studied this bird for about 30 minutes before it flew and at that time I could clearly see its' black axillary(wingpit) and white wing stripe. Only then was I certain that it was a Black-bellied Plover. Perseverance really paid off for me because this was also a year bird for me! Enjoy Birds, Jim Mead