Reeve et. al. Pte Mouillee

[Karl Overman]

As I called in from the field, I saw a Reeve in cell 3 off the Banana  
at Pointe Mouillee around 4:45 p.m.  I had been at cell 3 for 15  
minutes before this bird flew in and it only stayed for 5 minutes  
before all the shorebirds were flushed by the immature Peregrine that  
has overstayed its welcome there this month.  When it comes by, all  
the shorebirds leave though the ducks stay--but make a point of not  
flying even when buzzed by the Peregrine.

It was interesting how shorebirds would appear and then disappear  
during the hour and a half I was at cell 3.  I watched a Buff- 
breasted Sandpiper fly in, make 2 low passes over the flats and then  
fly off.  A Knot was there when I arrived but after the Peregrine  
appeared I did not see it reappear when several hundred shorebirds  
returned.  Two Black-bellied Plover came and went.  Shorebird  
highlights that were normally in view were 8 Baird's Sandpipers and 4  
Wilson's Phalarope.

I saw one Black-necked Stilt in the Vermet Unit.

Cheers,

Karl Overman