Fri 18 Jul 2008
3 Stilt Sandpipers were in the first puddle on the east side of Meridian Road just N of its intersection with IL 75. Also present were about 8 peeps, but they were on the far east edge of the pond, and I could identify only Least and Semipalmated Sandpipers. They were there around noon today.
Two Solitary Sandpipers were in the flooded fields at the intersection of Roscoe Road and Gleasman Road.
July 18th, 2008 at 9:13 pm
Early this evening, the Stilt Sandpipers were still there, now joined by 5-6 Short-billed Dowitchers, but the Semi Sandpipers were gone. In the wet areas of the field NE of Moody and Blodgett, there was another Stilt Sandpiper, S-b Dowitcher, and Solitary Sandpiper. The water to the east of the end of Moody Road has receded quite a bit, and the 3 Caspian Terns that were there a few days ago are gone. There are lots of L. yellowlegs and Least Sandpipers along Moody. We saw about a hundred N Rough-winged Swallows, mostly juveniles, flocking along Moody.
July 19th, 2008 at 7:28 pm
Went out Saturday pm and did not see the Stilt Sandpipers (darn it) but did see the Short-billed Dowitchers and Greater Yellowlegs at Meridian. Moody Road some peeps, Sandhill Cranes, and yellow-legs both varieties but no Stilts...