Subject: NO Upland Sandpiper 7/28/02
Date: Jul 29 19:37:30 2002
From: Wilson Cady - gorgebirds at juno.com


My wife and I tried for the UPLAND SANDPIPER on the evening of
July 28th and for four hours on the 29th with no luck. Both Jim Acton and
Tyler Davis were there and said that the bird had not been seen since the
morning of July 27. This bird was of special interest to us as the land
on the south side of Deno Road is leased by my wife's father and ten
acres of the property on the North side of the road at about mile point
..3 on Deno road is my son's. Most of the property without homes north of
Deno Road to Newkirk Road is my father-in-law's ranch although the home
on the corner of Deno and Hayford Road is my brother-in-law's. Obviously
I need to do more birding and less visiting when we visit the family
ranch. Besides the MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS feeding on coyote berries (a local
name for wild currants) there was a family group of GRAY PARTRIDGE at the
Deno Road site.
We also stopped at Ames Lake on 7/29 and found one BLACK-CROWNED
NIGHT-HERON, a SOLITARY SANDPIPER, and one SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER.

Wilson Cady
gorgebirds at juno.com