Date: 7/6/25 11:00 am From: R L ROWLAND RONALD ROWLAND via groups.io <rlrowland...> Subject: [IBLE] Shorebirding
Out-n-about birding yesterday. Was not able to get to all my little waterholes. Had battery problems with my Ag (car) at Blair Trail Res. (Elmore Co.), wouldn't start until shook loose (?) terminal cable. No cell service or tools to tighten cables properly so dared not to shut down lest I risk shorting out battery, so came home.
Anyway, had lowest water level at Pioneer Res. (East Gooding Co.) as I have ever seen in the few years I have birded the place. No water upper end, small pools with good bit of mud in the center, Dunlin (all in non-breeding plumage, ebird didn't like my entry), Willets, WISN, WESP's, messes of AWPE's (heavily feeding in the shallow water of the pool behind the dam), many GBHE's and some GREG's. Bit surprised on the latter two sp. as the heronry/rookery seemed to have been abandoned a while when I was there earlier this past Spring, what with the nests (some 20+/- counted in previous years) appeared broken down.
When passed by Adin Hall Res. (Elmore Co., near that huge wind farm) because of the possible battery problem didn't dare stop, as badly as I wanted to. There seemed to be much water flow from AHR into Reynold's Pond so there may be a possibility of good mud developing and a chance of incoming shorebirds over the next month. Have had good shorebirding at AHR in past years. Get lucky?
CGB. RL
