At 1:00 PM today I relocated (or found a different) Black-crowned Night Heron reported by Jim Forde on Aug. 4th. The bird was in the species' traditional location, on a pylon along the far shore beyond the lighthouse island. On the island itself: Lesser Yellowlegs (2), Semipalmated Plover (1), Spotted Sandpiper (1), and many Killdeer -- a veritable shorebird bonanza here in habitat challenged Linn County. Flying over the main lake were 3 juvenile Black Terns and several D.C. Cormorants.
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