Plum Island 9/17

From Bill Drummond:

Dear Friends,
On Saturday morning, Sept. 17 the BBC had a successful trip.   I got a call from Brian Cassie just after 11 AM that there was a winter plumage Curlew Sandpiper at Emerson Rocks.   I did not have a chance to go for it given the Plum Island cleanup and my wife being ill.   But many of the group had a chance to go and they think they saw it , sometime probably just after 11:30 AM.
To go to Emerson Rocks,  pass Stage Island Pool, go past the tower and go to the next parking lot south of that.   We call that the parking lot for Emerson Rocks.   Do not turn right and go to what we call the parking lot at Sandy Point.   Look for the winter plumage Curlew Sandpiper in with a lot of other shorebirds.   This is at Parker River National Wildlife Refuge. 

At Hellcat and the Old Pines there was a complete lack of warblers .    I was in shock!   At the Bill Forward blind, also known as the New Blind, we had great looks at two American Bittern.    There were good looks at Baird's Sandpiper and Pectoral Sandpiper at Stage Island.   Park at the parking lot (I think lot 6) which we call the parking lot for Stage Island Pool Overlook.   Walk south of that lot just a short distance and it is often the best place to scan for shorebirds at Stage Island.   

Other great birds were the two Eurasian Wigeon which continued at the Salt Pannes.

Good birding, everyone.