Allen's HB and OBX Sat.

["Steven Shultz" <sshultz@nc.rr.com>]

As Kent mentioned earlier the Allen's Hummingbird in Manteo was seen
throughout the day Saturday.  The bird was seen exclusively at the back yard
feeder.  An immature male Ruby-throat had the front feeder staked out.

At Oregon Inlet we had 11 Piping Plovers on the flat behind the groin and 5
Purple Sandpipers on the groin itself.  The log book at Pea Island reported
a Swallow-tailed Kite over North Pond and the salt flats Saturday morning.

Anyone going to Manteo from the west may want to make note of a productive
flooded field adjacent to US64 a few miles east of Columbia (don't worry
about the exact mileage, you will not miss it, it's quite obvious).
Yesterday the field held Tundra Swan, 9 species of marsh duck, 12 Glossy
Ibis, Pectoral Sandpipers, and dozens and dozens of Greater and Lesser
Yellowlegs.

Best,
Steve Shultz
Apex, NC