Survey wk 2: GBB, Tu, May 9th, 2006
May/09/2006 05:04 PM
Today I
was @ GBB WMA from 12:30pm until about 3:30pm. Very
strong winds today with stronger gusts. Winds were
E-NE. Little Sheepshead Creek HT 6:17am, LT 12:46pm.
Shooting Thorofare HT 6:03am, LT 12:24pm. Today's
counts found small groups at my most of my usual
check spots (7-9 different areas along GBB) and 1
larger group of 250** Dunlin. Total counts today
consisted of: 46 BBP's, 36 SBD, 260 Dunlin, 5 SPP, 2
SPS, 2 AO's and 1 Western Sandpiper. The 1 Western
Sandpiper was with a group of 4 BBP's and 10 SBD all
feeding on a mudflat along Big Thorofare by the
"Sandbar" area.
Today was mostly a gray day with very strong winds so no video today and the digiscoping photography was pretty much a bust without good sunlight and the winds moving me as I tried to hold the dig cam steady to the birding scope. However it was a good day of birding with plenty of shorebirds to see.
Today was mostly a gray day with very strong winds so no video today and the digiscoping photography was pretty much a bust without good sunlight and the winds moving me as I tried to hold the dig cam steady to the birding scope. However it was a good day of birding with plenty of shorebirds to see.