From: "Jerry Jourdan" To: birders@umich.edu Subject: [birders] Baird's Sandpipers in Monroe Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 18:17:33 -0700 Birders, I visited a sod farm adjacent to Sandy Creek Golf Course in Monroe this evening and had the following: 4-7 Baird's Sandpipers 2-3 Pectoral Sandpipers 3-4 Semipalmated Sandpipers 2 Least Sandpipers 1 Solitary Sandpiper (couple of nice pics at http://www.pbase.com/image/33335069) 1 Wilson's Snipe 12-15 Greater Yellowlegs 20-30 Kildeer Directions: Telegraph Rd. south to Stewart Rd (just past Meijer). Turn right (west). Stewart turns into Bluebush Rd (stay right). Bluebush Rd. past Reinhardt Rd to Ashling Rd. Follow the small gravel road to end and scan the sod farms and puddles. Jerry Jourdan