st. paul's inlet shorebirds

[tina leonard]

spent a few hours birding the salt flats and sandy beach at Tickle
Point, St. Paul's Inlet yesterday. hundreds of shorebirds, many
caspian terns, and a gorgeous day.

Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) 9
Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata) 1
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) 14
Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) 18
Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) 2
Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) 1
Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) 29
Red Knot (Calidris canutus) 4
Sanderling (Calidris alba) 15
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) 2
White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) 400
Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) 9
Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia) 4
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) 50
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle) 1
Common Raven (Corvus corax) 2
Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) 3

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also had 4 canada geese on the bog south of st. paul's, and one
northern harrier.

there were also 14 caspians on the beach at sally's cove.

tl