Date: 8/29/26 11:23 am From: Patricia McLean <000008e6fff5e5c8-dmarc-request...> Subject: Bald Knob NWR -- Recently Reported in the Area
Nicer temps this morning. The manager, Paul Provence, has done an outstanding job keeping the available cells perfect for waders and shorebirds, in spite of the tremendous and ongoing drought.
Several new and continuing migrants:
MOSTLY IN CELLS 2 AND 3 American Golden PloverSemipalmated PloverBuff-breasted SandpiperRed-necked PhalaropeWilson's PhalaropeDowitchers (both)Stilt Sandpiper Black-necked StiltPectoral Sandpiper Least and Semipalmated SandpipersWestern Sandpiper Baird's SandpiperLesser and Greater YellowlegsSora
MINGO CREEK RDNeotropic CormorantSanderling (not relocated by others)
NOT SEEN OR REPORTED IN PAST WEEKFulvous Whistling-Duck Tricolored HeronRoseate SpoonbillAmerican AvocetBlack-bellied PloverAnhingaSwallow-tailed Kite
REPORTED TODAY BY OTHERS BUT NOT CONFIRMEDLeast BitternLong-billed Curlew
Patty McLean and Michael Linz The Roadrunners