Date: 4/14/24 6:05 am From: Greg D. Jackson <g_d_jackson...> Subject: Re: [ALbirds] Upland Sandpiper spectacle
Hi Craig,
Spectacle indeed! You guys certainly have been treated to a "grasspiper" bonanza recently! The thundering hordes of up to 710 Am. Golden-Plovers last month took out the previous state maximum of 470 set in the same general area. And your tally of 102 Upland Sandpipers yesterday toppled both the previous spring high of 75 and the fall max of 70.
The Buff-breasteds are always nice to see, and 13 almost reaches the spring high of 16; /much /larger numbers have been recorded in autumn, with many triple-digit counts and a max of 172.
Send some of these guys up our way . . .
Greg
Greg D. Jackson
AOS Bird Records Compiler
Birmingham, AL
On 4/13/2024 11:08 AM, Craig Litteken via groups.io wrote: > 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 Litteken > Daphne >
