Hello All,
I visited the new marsh/pond at the southwest corner of NE 158th and NE Airport
Way in Portland, Oregon yesterday around 11am. Its 6 to 12 months old, Google
Maps satellite view still shows a weedy vacant lot at that location. It must
be a water catchment basin for recent industrial development.
Anyway, there were around a dozen killdeer there. The birds were vocal, flying
around chasing, landing on the weedy mud flats. It really reminded me of a
flock of gulls feeding as the killdeer were concentrating their attention on
one shaded portion of the south bank. Wish I knew what they were doing. I
could not get closer to the activity without trespassing on private property.
Do Killdeer feed on carion?
I think this is going to be a productive shorebird place. Most interesting a
couple days ago were a couple of backlit, mid-distance views of shorebirds that
included Killdeer. The photos I took leave me with either Dowitchers or Common
Snipe because of the long, heavy beak, size of bird and body shape. They
hunkered down when they noticed me.
Cheers
Sandy Leaptrott
NE Portland
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