Went to Lingle Road on the Morgan-Owen county line to check the wet fields for shorebirds. Saw the usual and expected Killdeer, Wilson's Snipe, Greater Yellowlegs, and Pectoral Sandpipers. I also spotted a SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER (Indiana state bird number 188, year bird number 128). No sooner had I positively identified the semipalm than all the shorebirds scattered in a panic. A PEREGRINE FALCON (Indiana state bird number 189, year bird number 129) swooped low over the field and chased the shorebirds out of the area.
Later in the afternoon, I added another bird to the year list when I flushed a Northern Bobwhite (year bird number 130) from the grassy field behind my house.
Posted by Birdingdave at April 16, 2004 11:27 PM