American Avocet - Pt. Mouillee SGA - pics

[Jerry Jourdan]

Birders,

I birded Pt. Mouillee SGA this morning between 6 - 9:30am and had the
following observations:

Cell 5
(1) WILSON'S PHALAROPE (nw corner)
(24) Stilt Sandpipers
(1) AMERICAN AVOCET (se corner) - I managed several digiscoped images from
60 - 100 yds.

http://www.pbase.com/jourdaj/image/83038107
http://www.pbase.com/jourdaj/image/83038108
http://www.pbase.com/jourdaj/image/83038110
http://www.pbase.com/jourdaj/image/83038111
http://www.pbase.com/jourdaj/image/83038112
http://www.pbase.com/jourdaj/image/83038113

Cell 4
(3) Bonaparte's Gulls

http://www.pbase.com/jourdaj/image/83038115

(1) 1st summer Common Tern w/ silver leg band

http://www.pbase.com/jourdaj/image/83038117

Cell 3
(1) American Pipit flushed from the dike - otherwise no birds were seen in
the NE corner

Lead Unit
(2) Osprey fledglings on the nest in the middle of the unit

Vermet Unit - I missed the Glossy Ibis

Bloody Run Unit
(28) Semipalmated Sandpipers
(6) Semipalmated Plovers
(7) Least Sandpipers
(6) Stilt Sandpipers

http://www.pbase.com/jourdaj/image/83038126
http://www.pbase.com/jourdaj/image/83038127
http://www.pbase.com/jourdaj/image/83038128

(12) Short-billed Dowitchers

http://www.pbase.com/jourdaj/image/83038122
http://www.pbase.com/jourdaj/image/83038123

(2) Bald Eagles - they flushed from a mud spit and circled overhead, and
either playing or upset w/ each other - I took this sequence of images and
created a composite:

http://www.pbase.com/jourdaj/image/83038114

(150) Lesser Yellowlegs

http://www.pbase.com/jourdaj/image/83038118

(20) Greater Yellowlegs

Thanks for looking!

Jerry Jourdan
http://jerryjourdan.blogspot.com
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