COMORANT. 
The Comorant is very often seen flying over, and com¬ 
monly enough a few single birds come to the Lake. The 
earliest record I have for Comorants migrating over-land 
at this point is for August 24, 1921. 
Shore Birds. 
It might be of interest to mention the status of the vari¬ 
ous waders which are seen at Wenham. Owing to the 
Lake being drawn down very low in late summer the 
shores offer some attraction to this group. In summer 
the Spotted Sandpiper is of course common, and the Least 
by no means rare in August. The White-rumped Sand¬ 
piper is rather rare, but does appear. Pectoral Sandpipers 
are only occasionally seen, and the Red-backed Sandpiper 
has been taken. The Lesser Yellow-legs is not at all com¬ 
mon, but the Greater is often shot, and much more often 
heard or seen flying overhead. This is really a very com¬ 
mon bird from September 15th to October 15th. 
Hudsonian Curlew have only once been noted flying over¬ 
head, (July 30, 1921). Black-breasted Plover were seen 
passing over once on October 7th, 1910 and one was shot 
on October 21st, 1914. One other small flock of either 
Black-breasted or Golden Plover was noted. The Semi- 
palmated Plover has been taken once. One of the most 
unusual of the shore birds was a Phalarope, (Lobipes 
lobatus?) which alighted among the wooden decoys on 
October 6th, 1904, but was not shot. 
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