Spent a couple of hours (late morning into early afternoon) driving the above during high tide, and not finding much. I counted 11 Great Egrets, with 3 of that total, plus a Snowy Egret, being on Lane Island. The only shorebirds seen were singles of Willet & Western Sandpiper. From start to finish there were swallows heading west while feeding, many fairly low. Two of the swarms were quite large, each probably holding more than 100 birds. I think the overall swallow total for the day was ~ 750 to 800, the majority, of which, were Trees.
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