While kayaking up at the north end of the Hoover Reservoir I spotted one American Avocet still in a light breeding
plumage. I was able to drift to about 10/15 yards from him, not really bothered by me, just eating away. He was about
200 yards south of the Osprey platform along the east shoreline. He then moved up to the island by the platform. Not to
be an island much longer. The water level has dropped quite a bit and there is a lot of shore bird habitat along the
shore line. Unless the Avocet moves around, boat is going to be the only way of seeing him at this time. Other birds
seen:

3 Bald Eagles
4 Osprey
Numerous Killdeer (the Starlings of shorebirds).
Lesser Yellow Legs
Spotted Sandpipers
Numerous Blue Heron
About a dozen Great Egrets
Several Green Herons
3 Belted Kingfisher
Several Double Breasted Cormorants
2 to 3 dozen Ring Billed Gulls
Numerous Mallards
Several deer along the shoreline
A family of Raccoons eating along the shoreline.

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