Is shorebird migration starting early? Seems more and more places are
reporting them.
On Sun, Jul 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM R L ROWLAND RONALD ROWLAND via groups.io
<rlrowland...> wrote:
> 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
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