Black-bellied Plovers on causeway

["Deedee/Dick O'Brien" <ddobrien at worldnet dot att dot net>]

I made it to Antelope Island causeway through the pouring rain at about 3:30 
yesterday afternoon. The rain continued, but not as hard out there. All 
sightings were binos only--too rainy to set up the scope. The lighting was 
actually quite good part of the time. My efforts were rewarded by hoards of 
shorebirds--the reason for the journey. The most exciting for me were all 
(at least 25) the Black-bellied Plovers scurrying around the more numerous 
Willits, and fewer Marbled Godwits. Couldn't find the peeps that Ed Leite 
was lucky enough to see. All the shorebird activity was on the southside and 
began in earnest before mile marker 5. The lighting also really highlighted 
the pink breasts of the Franklin's Gulls, and the lovely colors of Tree 
Swallows resting on the vegetation with Barn Swallows. Further along the 
causeway were numerous Avocets. Picked out a few Black-necked Stilts on the 
return trip.

Gotta love shorebird migration!
Deedee 


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