At St Mary's Fish Hatchery on Oct 6, two Franklin's gulls were seen.
There were about 150 Ring-billed gulls, but the Franklin's were sitting fairly
close to the road which made for good viewing.

There was one large long pond drawn down in which the  conditions were good for 
shorebirds--wet muddy bottom with multiple shallow puddles.  Yet, the only 
shorebirds were 3 Dunlin, 2 Semipalmated plovers  and about 30 Killdeer.  There 
was water being pumped back into this pond,  so I  imagine this good habitat 
will be gone in a few days.  Many of the small ponds were drained and dried 
out.  The other two long ponds were both  still full of water.

Charlotte Mathena





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