Date: 4/13/24 9:08 am From: Craig Litteken via groups.io <littekenc...> Subject: [ALbirds] Upland Sandpiper spectacle
The Upland Sandpiper spectacle continues at the sod farms near Foley. A week or so ago, over 70 uplands were reported at the Riverview Turf Farm near Foley, but today the uplands were at the sod fields east of CR 49. This time, however, there were 102! Most were along Kaiser Road and the road to the east...over 70 along just those two roads. The rest were spread throughout other fields. Though a few of the birds moved around, I was careful not to double count, and it was easy to count the birds one by one since they were fairly spread out from one another.
In addition to the uplands, there were also 13 Buff-breasted sandpipers with 12 in one group at the north end of Kaiser Road. A few birds in this group were also doing courtship displays.
American golden-plovers, Black-bellied plovers, Killdeer, and a few Lesser Yellowlegs were also around.
The Upland and Buffy show was quite the spectacle this morning!
Happy migration!
Craig LittekenDaphne
