[SBB] Returning migrants

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All,
 
This morning Frank Vanslager and I walked out to Salt Pond A10.   Nothing 
special was seen on the way (four BROWN PELICANS, lots of AMERICAN  WHITE 
PELICANS, DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS, 4-5 SURF SCOTER and one  EARED GREBE in A10) but 
we did notice several large flocks of  sandpipers (of up to 100 birds) flying 
along the Salt Ponds south  of us (A7 and A8).  We also noted what looked 
like a flock of about 20  CASPIAN TERNS on a "beach" (box nearby) in Salt Pond 
A7.  Several CATE were  seen flying nearby during our "trek."  A quick check of 
the  Environmental Education Center revealed good numbers of Sandpipers in New 
 Chicago Marsh.  Unfortunately the distances were great and the air quality  
poor so only a few LEAST SANDPIPERS and a GREATER YELLOWLEGS were  identified, 
but things are definitely looking up. 
 
Take care,
Bob Reiling 
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