Spent the morning birding a few sites around the city today and had a good time with plenty of migrants. First stop was the local park where I managed a few warblers, namely...Black-and-white, Tennessee, Chesnut-sided, Northern Parula, Hooded, Prairie, Yellow and a smart looking Black-throated Green. Other migrants included a Red-eyed Vireo and lots of Gray Catbirds.

Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia

From there I headed to the two sewage plants on the southside of town. The first one didn't produce much, a female Northern Shoveler was the only noteworthy species. The second plant however was very productive. The highlight was a Sanderling, a new bird for me for the county and presumably the same individual seen there recently by others. I also had a nice number of Pectoral Sandpipers, 32 all told, unfortunately I couldn't turn one into a Sharp-tailed. Other shorebirds noted included 3 Stilt Sandpipers, 8 Long-billed Dowitchers, 150+ Least Sandpipers, 4 Dunlin, 2 Semipalmated Plovers, 60 Lesser Yellowlegs, 4 Greater Yellowlegs, 2 Western Sandpipers, 15 Killdeer, 32 Blue-winged Teal, 1 Laughing Gull (with a broken wing), 3 Snowy Egrets, a lonely looking Barn Swallow, 10 Black Vultures and a single juvenile Bald Eagle.

Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes

Long-billed Dowitchers Limnodromus scolopaceus

Stilt Sandpipers Calidris himantopus (2 between Least Sandpiper and Lesser Yellowlegs)

Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos (juvenile)

Killdeer Charadrius vociferus