Walking the East Pond on the tail end of high tide Tuesday morning was
productive. There are still some shorebirds around and ducks are building.
Highlights included:
American Avocet
Pectoral Sandpiper(2)
White-rumped Sandpiper (11)
Stilt Sandpiper(8)
Dunlin
There were hundreds of teal, the majo
A mid day trip to the East Pond did not turn up the Wilson's Phalarope seen
earlier this week, but the Acadian Flycatcher, Gull-billed Tern and
White-faced Ibis were all present.
The only shorebirds seen were Eastern Willet, Semipalmated Sandpiper,
Lesser Yellowlegs and Greater Yellowlegs, but it w
6+ hours spent on the pond today while checking the water during low and
high tide.
Shorebird bird numbers were disappointingly low. Nevertheless, I ended up
with 10 species. The highlights were 3 Stilt Sandpipers *(2 nicely marked
birds seen with Steve Walter) *and 2 flagged Semipalmated Sandpipe