Date: 4/18/26 11:10 am From: Patty McLean <000008e6fff5e5c8-dmarc-request...> Subject: Bald Knob NWR This Morning
Nothing as exciting as what they've found in the western side of our state but ...6 White-faced Ibis, last seen in Cell 2. 7 Sora, out feeding in the open in Cell 2.A juvenile Herring Gull which didn't really stick around. Hundreds of swallows.20+ Black-necked Stilt.Someone photographed a Black-crowned Night-heron yesterday.And all the other expected stuff.Cell info attached.Patty McLean and Michael Linz The Roadrunners
-------- Original message --------From: Matthew Matlock <mnmatlock94...> Date: 4/18/26 11:02 AM (GMT-06:00) To: <ARBIRD-L...> Subject: Re: Frog Bayou Shorebirds (Crawford Co) Oops yes White-faced Ibis! LolWe did have 1 Glossy Ibis too 🤓On Sat, Apr 18, 2026 at 10:55 AM Sandy Berger <sndbrgr...> wrote:Do you mean White-faced Ibis? Cause I thought “Did avocet get split”? 😄SandyOn Sat, Apr 18, 2026 at 8:32 AM Matthew Matlock <mnmatlock94...> wrote:Great day for shorebirds so far at Frog Bayou (sharp Chapel rd)- mostly in units 13 and 6https://maps.app.goo.gl/uxg34bVHQHJzE5VE6?g_st=ic10 HUDSONIAN GODWIT36 AMERICAN AVOCET28 WHITE-FACED AVOCETDunlin Stilt SandpiperWestern SandpiperBlack-necked StiltRecommend tall waterproof boots when you walk the levees with tall grassHaven’t relocated the godwits or ibis, they were fly through and landed in different unit here.
