This evening while scoping from Sand Point (HWA) I spotted
6 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS to the east on a newly exposed island.
Flocked with them was a RED KNOT, gray in color and possibly
a juvenile. They were working their way between resting pelicans,
which dominate the area, probing the muck but would fly together
to other spots. Scoping was distant at at not less than 60X. Other
shorebirds were scattered with no mixed flocks of any size. The
water is surprisingly low and excellent habitat at a maximum.
Jim
Forde
Cedar Rapids
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