I joined Karen Holliday, the Boyles’, and the Muellers for a trip to Bald Knob NWR Saturday morning. Clear skies had been forecast but it was mostly cloudy but thankfully not rainy. The refuge was rather slow but we did see a few uncommon birds like an American Avocet.
I had to take off early to pick up Samantha. Later I got word of a Red-necked Phalarope and other neat birds at Saul’s Minnow Farm that they had seen so I filled up the cooler and grabbed the camera and took off with Angie. We got there at about 5 PM and after an hour of scoping had seen all of the “good” birds including the Phalarope, Black-bellied Plovers, and American Golden-Plover. There were also Caspian Terns which aren’t too rare this time of year but still cool to see any time.
Species seen or heard at BKNWR:
- Mallard
- Blue-winged Teal
- Northern Shoveler
- Northern Pintail
- Great Blue Heron
- Great Egret
- Snowy Egret
- Little Blue Heron
- Green Heron
- Semipalmated Plover
- Black-necked Stilt
- American Avocet
- Least Sandpiper
- White-rumped Sandpiper
- Pectoral Sandpiper
- Long-billed Dowitcher
- Mourning Dove
- Blue Jay
- Carolina Chickadee
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Common Grackle
Species seen or heard at Saul’s:
- Blue-winged Teal
- Great Egret
- Snowy Egret
- Little Blue Heron
- Green Heron
- Black-bellied Plover
- American Golden-Plover
- Semipalmated Plover
- Killdeer
- Black-necked Stilt
- Greater Yellowlegs
- Lesser Yellowlegs
- Least Sandpiper
- White-rumped Sandpiper
- Pectoral Sandpiper
- Red-necked Phalarope
- Caspian Tern
- Black Tern
- Forster’s Tern
- Belted Kingfisher
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
- Tree Swallow
