It was a lovely day on the South Lubec Sand Flats. Numbers were low;
variety was high. I timed the tide perfectly and merely had to walk up to
the first mud at the far end of the spit to count up the species. There
were about a dozen Black-bellied Plovers, three American Golden Plovers,
five Red Knots, two Short-billed Dowitchers, and one Ruddy Turnstone in a
tight flock, moving together. Easy pickings; great views.
Two American Pipits flew over the spit - a tad early, but not by much.
Numbers of smaller peeps were very low, but as I was leaving, I noticed
small flocks of 30 peeps at a time, circling and coming in to the outer
mud, so there were more SemiP Sandpipers and Plovers than met the eye.
Later in the day, a Peregrine Falcon was haunting Jasper Beach south of
Machias. It made a half-hearted pass at a Solitary Sandpiper, but mostly
posed on very tree tops.
Bonaparte's Gulls continue to haunt the Machias River behind Helen's.
though numbers have dropped some, they have been bolstered by Common Terns
since last I visited.
Bob Duchesne
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