[Birdnet] Red Knot still at AIC

[Carol Gwynn]

One of the Red Knots reported earlier in the week was still on the 
Antelope Island Causeway this morning. It was just before mm 5 on the 
north side of the causeway. A good landmark is the toppled over, 
bleached out tree trunk on the south side of the causeway. The Red Knot 
was loosely associated with a group of several dozen Black-bellied 
Plovers. There were other large flocks of Black-bellied Plovers 
competing with the passing jets from Hill AFB in doing aerial maneuvers 
overhead. I think the birds won.

At the rocky little "spit" where the shorebirds hand out in the spring 
(about mm 1.5), there were loads of Western Sandpipers and a couple of 
Sanderlings thrown in for good measure. In three separate scans, I 
couldn't find any Dunlin.

One heron nest at Farmington Bay has two babies - fuzz balls with mega 
beaks. I'm sure the nursery will be very active in the next week or so. 
A starling was in the nest box below the herons. There goes the 
neighborhood. . .

Carol Gwynn