A nice start to the day with the wind in the east, so I
walked the middle census route first thing where birds included at least 73
Black-tailed Godwits (38 around Ancum, 8 near the airstrip and 27 on Gretchen
later), 22 Bar-tailed Godwits, 2 Ruff, 1,175 Golden Plover, 5 Gadwall, 10 Teal,
4 Shoveler, 3 Herons and at least 3 Water Rails very aggressively calling near
the Ancum hide in defence of their chicks while the Buff-breasted Sandpiper was still strutting around on The Links, as seen from a little peek over the wall at Gravity.
Rain
moved in at lunchtime which combined with a rapidly increasing wind to pretty
much end the day’s activities but the wind remined in the east so it might
produce something?
Water Rail
Black-tailed Godwit
Bonxie
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