Not mentioned by John yesterday, but seen today was a Wilson's Phalarope,
spending most of it's time (while I was there) just beyond the raunt. Also
in this area were 2 Western Sandpipers. One Pectoral Sandpiper was at the
south end, where the adult Long-billed Dowitcher remains a fixture (only a
touch of color now remaining on this nearly basic plumage bird). Stilt and
White-rumped Sandpipers were conspicuous in both areas. Does anyone remember
a year with so many White-rumps? I'd put the number in the neighborhood of
20 today.
A Philadelphia Vireo was in the cluster if trees just before Big John's Pond
(now Big John's Meadow).
Steve Walter
Bayside, NY
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