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Jordan-Falls Shorebirding



Hi folks,

When I heard about the Hudsonian Godwit at Falls on Saturday, I decided to 
make a swing of Jordan and Falls today for some shorebirding. I ended up with 
21 species, it was a very rewarding day, although tiring and hot! Following 
is a list of birds at two major areas -- at Jordan, I checked the New Hope 
Creek area upstream from the NC 751 area, and at Falls, the I-85-Redwood 
area. As you can see, there is quite a movement of shorebirds through our 
area right now. Some of you Triangle(Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill) folks need 
to try to check these areas out regularly over the next couple of weeks! Good 
Luck and be sure to let me know if you find other interesting birds there.

FIRST NUMBER IS JORDAN, SECOND NUMBER IS FALLS


Black-bellied Plover - 0,1
Semipalmated Plover - 34,17
Killdeer - couple of hundred over both sites
Greater Yellowlegs - 3,4
Lesser Yellowlegs - 25,18
Solitary Sandpiper - 7,3
Spotted Sandpiper - 6,4
UPLAND Sandpiper - 1,0  (quite rare on lake mudflats!)
HUDSONIAN GODWIT - 0,1 (very rare inland anywhere, anytime)
Ruddy Turnstone - 0,1
Sanderling - 1,1
Semipalmated Sandpiper - 23,8
Western Sandpiper - 4,0
Least Sandpiper - 80,40
White-rumped Sandpiper - 2,0
BAIRD'S Sandpiper - 1,0 (rare but not too unexpected here this time of year)
Pectoral Sandpiper - 140,70
Stilt Sandpiper - 4,1
BUFF-BREASTED Sandpiper - 1,1 (kinda neat to get one at each of the lakes)
Short-billed Dowitcher - 14,20
Common Snipe - 1,0


Also had 5 Caspian Terns and 1 Black Tern at Falls



Later, Ricky



Ricky Davis
608 Smallwood Drive
Rocky Mount, NC 27804
(252)443-0276
RJDNC@aol.com