Re: [Maine-birds] Steuben shorebirds

Hi,

 

Try incoming tide as the tide is bunching them up.  Same could apply to outgoing tide although they may start feeding somewhere else if they are not roosting nearby.  I used to get over a thousand birds in Pinkham Bay during the early 1980s.

 

Norm

On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 8:54 AM, Joel and Sandy Wilcox-Fairbanks <joelandsandy@gmail.com> wrote:

Lots of shorebirds on the mudflats at Pinkham Bay about 1 1/2 hours before low tide this AM. I should have been there 30 minutes earlier, as they were already fairly distant, but I could make out 

Greater Yellowlegs ~20

Lesser Yellowlegs ~40

Pectoral Sandpiper 1 for sure, but probably more

Semipalmated Sandpiper ~250-300 (Maybe some leasts in the mix, though I did not see any yellow legs; but distance, shade from their bodies and muddy legs would have made the yellow hard to see.)

Short-billed Dowitcher (15-20; I'm assuming Short-billed due to location)

There were maybe 50 other sandpiper-types somewhat larger than the Semis that I could not make out. 

Next time I'll get there earlier, but also try another viewing location. There is a wooded bluff next to the boat ramp with a trail to the top; this would be >100 yards closer to the birds than the obvious places to park.

Joel Wilcox

Cherryfield

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