After talking with Chuck Sontag yesterday ( indicated things were rather quiet)
I decided to spend some time there today. Arrived at noon and spent about 2
hours. Things are different from previous years as there are no Bonaparte's
Gulls and terns, except for Caspian. It started quiet but over the next hour
activity picked up! I ended with 7 shorebirds that included 2 Red Knots, 1
Ruddy Turnstone, 1 White-rumped Sandpiper, a late Lesser Yellowlegs, 5 Dunlins,
4 Semip. Sandpipers (one with a broken leg), and a Spotted Sandpiper. One
Common Tern flew in while I was watching. A surprising flock of Bonaparte's
Gulls also flew in, landing behind the White Pelicans. When I moved to get a
better look, they took flight. Best was a Little Gull that accompanied them
but I could not see until they flew. They were only there for about 5 minutes.
As Chuck also said, there could be some more interesting things showing up, if
one spends the time on the impoundment. Good luck.
Daryl Tessen
Appleton,, WI
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