[Birdtalk] 15Sept07-Lakefront: Terns and Peeps

[Tim Avery]

I spent about an hour this afternoon at Willard Bay State Park checking in on
the shorebirds that Kris Purdy reported earlier this week.  The marina was
crawling with activity, as was the shoreline, and to boot the water had quite a
bit of activity happening.

HIGHLIGHTS:

  3  SEMIPALMATED PLOVER
  16 Killdeer
  41 Least Sandpiper
  25 Western Sandpiper
  2  Sanderling
  2  Wilson's Phalarope
  1  GREAT EGRET
  2  Snowy Egret
  2  COMMON TERN (beached just west of marina)
  1  Black Tern
  16 Forster's Tern
  21 American White Pelican
  13 Double-crested Cormorant
  100+ Aechmophorus Grebes

Cheers

Tim
Salt Lake City, UT
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