Thought it might be of interest again to point out an interesting paper
about birds and the hydrology of the Bellevue ponds from three-quarters
of a century ago by Lawrence Hicks. Among other things it explains why
shorebirds may congregate there when other locales go wanting.

http://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/wilson/v050n03/p0197-p0200.pdf

Bill Whan
Columbus

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