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this date. It fed in the shallow water and apparently was an 

 immature bird in gray plumage, no bars could be seen along its 

 sides. The Reed-bird season opened on September 1, and on 

 the night previous a heavy rain covered the mud around the edge 

 of the pond. Either was sufficient reason for the shore-birds to 

 depart for regions unknown. 



Water birds noted in and around this pond were: 

 On August 24, 1923. 



Wilson's Snipe (earhest fall record for Camden) 

 On August 26. 



Blue Heron (flying over) 



Green Heron 



Night Heron 



Sora Rail (flushed in grass on edge of pond) 



Pectoral Sandpiper 



Least Sandpiper 



Semi-palmated Sandpiper 



Yellow-legs 



Greater Yellow-legs (one bird among bunch of Lessers) 



Solitary Sandpiper 



Spotted Sandpiper 



Baird's Sandpiper (first record) 



Killdeer 



Semi-palmated Plover 

 On August 28. 



Stilt Sandpiper (first record) 



Dowitcher (first record for Camden) 

 On August 30. 



Upland Plover in field nearby 

 On September 3. 



Two Blue-winged Teal (first record for Camden) 



August is usually a dull month for the bird students yet there 

 is no better time in the whole year for the study of this most 

 interesting group of birds, and no doubt there are many small 

 pools and ponds in the neighborhood of Philadelphia worth 

 keeping an eye on at this time. To secure a good list of water 

 birds means getting out to some favorable locality frequently 

 and as often as possible during August, 



