At Dunbar Slough (Greene County) today, we found over 1,200 American
Golden Plovers. The largest collection was along B Avenue, north of
Highway E57, and to the west of B Avenue. Golden Plovers were at almost
every body of water at Dunbar. And the northern two bodies of water are
being drained, so good habitat for shorebirds should remain for awhile.
At Bay's Branch, low water levels also produced shorebird habitat, but
not much variety, other than about 225 Pectoral Sandpipers and 5
Long-billed Dowitchers.
At a wet area on Richland Avenue, just south of Highway 6 in Dallas
County, there were 3 Dunlin and 1 Baird's Sandpiper in the morning, but
they were gone this evening.
Reid & Pam Allen
West Des Moines
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