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I had a great day on the"pond"...It was a bit bigger...and shallower than I
remembered, and it threatened rain, but cleared up reall quick. I was
eventually able to find the channel and check for any tags on the Godwits.
There weren't any tags...so the chance to meet our visitor from 6 years ago
fizzled...not that I was really expecting it..but it would have been fun if
it had happened. :-D
Lots of little peeps out there. I was able to get some pics to get a few
IDs but there were far more than I could ID.
The Godwits are really far back, but easily viewed by scope. The water is
shallow in places but really deep in others. Plus there is a lot of soft
silt in places...and leeches. The Godwits were snacking down, and I was
trying to not become one. :-D I did have to get out once due to a shallow
spot...but other than that it was a good day out on the pond.
Best other finds were 2 Western Sandpipers (I got really good looks at the
bills and the pecs), 9 Black-crowned Night Herons (mostly juvis, and 2
Least Bitterns.
Pics of some of the Godwits here. The first four are from 2008, the rest
are from today.:
http://www.sjlarue.com/p732913775/h2DD2E614#h2dd2e614
My list from today is below.
Have a great Labor Day! Happy Birding, and God Bless!
Big Island Wildlife Area--Larue-Prospect Rd. north (Unit B), Marion, US-OH
Aug 31, 2014 3:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments: Kayaked far right pond to document Hudsonian Godwits. It was
shallower than expected, so I stayed in the channel that crosses the pond
(lake).
44 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 10
Trumpeter Swan 2
Wood Duck 4
Mallard 10
Pied-billed Grebe 2
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Least Bittern 2 Flushed 2 while kayaking around pond.
Great Blue Heron 5
Great Egret 15
Green Heron 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron 9
Turkey Vulture 2
Bald Eagle 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Sora 1 heard
Common Gallinule 3 heard
Black-bellied Plover 5
American Golden-Plover 1
Semipalmated Plover 10
Killdeer 30
Greater Yellowlegs 5
Lesser Yellowlegs 30
Hudsonian Godwit 7 High count of the day was 13, but I was only able
to verify 7.
Stilt Sandpiper 3
Least Sandpiper 8
Pectoral Sandpiper 8
Western Sandpiper 2
peep sp. 30 Too far away to ID...but small shorebirds.
Short-billed Dowitcher 10
Black Tern 5
Mourning Dove 4
Belted Kingfisher 1
Eastern Kingbird 2
Blue Jay 10
American Crow 4
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Tree Swallow 10
Barn Swallow 10
American Robin 2
Gray Catbird 2
European Starling 10
Cedar Waxwing 4
Song Sparrow 2
Red-winged Blackbird 4
American Goldfinch 4
View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S19630049
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