Although there were a few shorebirds (perhaps 30 in all, including the two
beautiful WHIMBRELS) in the main drive shorebird pool, by far the best and
most extensive habitat I am aware of at Montezuma is at Tschache Pool. This
evening I saw probably close to 500 shorebirds on the extensive mudflats
Plus 3 SNOW GEESE, several SAVANNAH SPARROWS, and an EASTERN KINGBIRD also from the shorebird flats. Sorry about the multiple messages, and also for being so behind on the 2011 first basin records. I'm working on reading my backlog of Geneseebirds-L digests from when I was busy with SFO. --Dave N
Although Bob McGuire and Susan Soboroff saw the WHIMBRELS fly in at noon, it turns out this was not the first time today they did so. Doug Daniels saw the birds earlier and reported them to Genessebirds-L (see below), which is why I subscribe to that digest. Thanks to Bob McGuire for calling me a
