Date: 4/26/24 4:12 pm From: Ian MacGregor <00000489141846bd-dmarc-request...> Subject: Wilson’s Phalaropes and American Avocets at Charlie Craig
I decided to go to the hatchery this afternoon thinking I would face about 15 minutes of moderate rain when I arrived. The first 20 minutes was not bad,I could just see into the one pond on the eastern end with shorebird habitat. There were 13 avocets and 9 Wilson’s Phalaropes standing together. A couple minutes later the skies opened and the phalaropes took off joined by 4 others. It was almost as if they did not like the heavy rain. About 10 minutes later 7 flew over the depression with one landing briefly. Lots of peeps as well.
