Some Birds in the Newburyport Area
9/13/2000

On Plum Island,12 Whimbrel were in the marker field,

whimbrel

along two Buff-breasted Sandpipers and an American Golden Plover.

AMGPside  AMGPback

(This plover still has a little gold on the scapulars/back)

At Hellcat, there was a Buff-breasted on the north dike.

BBSA

Across from the Airport, a cut hay field contained 7 more Buff-breasted.

2 BBSA

4 BBSA

So, there were certainly 9 Buff-breasted Sandpipers, and possibly 10.

(pretty neat, I'd say)