The water level has dropped enough now that some mud flats/ bars are starting to develop once again. At 3:30pm today (Sunday) I saw the following species of interest:
Ruddy Turnstone (5) Dunlin (25) Black-bellied Plover (1) - still in prealternate molt Baird's Sp. (several) White-rumped Sp. (few) I also took a closer look at the blue-phase Snow Goose reported earlier today as possible Ross'. In addition to the size (I was twice as large as adjacent Mallard, just a bit smaller than Canada geese it was with) I saw a definite grin patch, largish bill with obvious convex facial border with bill, elongated head-not round. In short, I saw no evidence that this bird is a Ross' or a hybrid Ross' X Snow Goose. Jim Mattsson Eagan