I was en route to the area today (May 20, 2011) when I got a call from Ken Klapper on site at the Townsends Warbler spot on River Road. He had a white-rumped sandpiper with about 30 least sandpipers, 4 semi-palmated plovers, and a few greater yellowlegs.  White-rumped sandpiper inland in New Hampshire is an excellent bird, and thus a good omen.  After checking in with Ken I headed north to Charlestown where I found the only other stubble field that hadn’t been plowed under, leading to some puddling. Quite the mother lode, including a reeve, one of the first birds I saw, and a major surprise to say the least (10th record for NH).  These are the days that make birding.

Female ruff (reeve), Charlestown, NH.

Also in the same field:

• Semi-palmated plover – 1
• Killdeer – 1
• Greater Yellowlegs – 1
• Solitary Sandpiper – 16
• Spotted Sandpiper – 4
• Least Sandpiper – 65
• White-rumped Sandpiper – 1
• Ruff – 1
• Red Phalarope – 1