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Bell River Spoil Island, Fernandina Beach: A morning survey of the marsh roost site found more than a thousand mixed shorebirds and a large flock of Rosette Spoonbill roosting on the upland. FOS juvenile red knot and greater yellowlegs were noted along with a lone juvenile pectoral sandpiper and a lone Am. Avocet was a first for the site. Typical for the site were recorded: 289 black-bellied plover, 500 short-billed dowitcher (many juveniles), 150 Willet, 225 semipalmated plovers, 350 western sandpiper, 7 whimbrel, plus ruddies, a few greater and lesser yellowlegs, least sandpiper and black, common, Forster's, Royal and 1 Caspian tern. Due to gusting NE winds, the surging spring tide forced all the shorebirds into the high marsh vegetation at peak flood. Doris and Pat Leary Fernandina Beach, Amelia Island, Nassau County ____________________________________________________________________________ FLORIDABIRDS-L Listserv mailing list information: Member photos I: http://bkpass.tripod.com/floridabirds.htm For archives: http://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=FLORIDABIRDS-L; To set nomail: Send [log in to unmask] Message: set floridabirds-l nomail; To reset mail: [log in to unmask] MESSAGE: set floridabirds-l mail; To unsubscribe: [log in to unmask] MESSAGE: unsub floridabirds-l; To write listowners: [log in to unmask] Jack Dozier memorial: http://tinyurl.com/6adm2m