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Angie and I made another visit to Treadway Saturday.  The one drained pond is getting dry and unproductive, if they don’t drain anymore (and birds aren’t their business) there may not be much need to go there for a while.

However, I did get a first of year and even first in state Ruddy Turnstone.

Species seen or heard:

• Ruddy Duck
• Great Blue Heron
• Great Egret
• Snowy Egret
• Little Blue Heron
• Black-bellied Plover
• Semipalmated Plover
• Killdeer
• Greater Yellowlegs
• Ruddy Turnstone
• Western Sandpiper
• Least Sandpiper
• Pectoral Sandpiper
• Fish Crow
• Purple Martin
• Tree Swallow
• Northern Rough-winged Swallow
• Bank Swallow
• Barn Swallow
• Dickcissel
• Red-winged Blackbird
• Eastern Meadowlark

Like last Monday, I had a burning desire to bird some place after work and decided on BKNWR.  Angie and I made a speed run up there and scoped on of two draining ponds there.  I didn’t see anything exotic but its still early.

Species seen or heard:

• Blue-winged Teal
• Northern Shoveler
• Great Blue Heron
• Great Egret
• Snowy Egret
• Little Blue Heron
• Killdeer
• Black-necked Stilt
• Lesser Yellowlegs
• Long-billed Dowitcher
• Mourning Dove
• Eastern Kingbird
• American Crow
• Tree Swallow
• Barn Swallow
• Indigo Bunting
• Dickcissel
• Red-winged Blackbird
• Common Grackle

I was in the mood so I made a speed run to Treadway Minnow Farm Monday evening after work.  Angie accompanied me.  There were some late afternoon thunderstorms building I felt they would pass north of us.  We got there at about 7 PM and the weather was iffy and did start to rain heavily while we were there.  I never left the car but just searched from my seat with my binoculars.

Species seen or heard:

• Ruddy Duck
• Great Blue Heron
• Semipalmated Plover
• Killdeer
• Black-necked Stilt
• American Avocet
• Spotted Sandpiper
• Lesser Yellowlegs
• Sanderling
• Semipalmated Sandpiper
• Least Sandpiper
• White-rumped Sandpiper
• Pectoral Sandpiper
• Long-billed Dowitcher
• Black Tern
• Barn Swallow
• Dickcissel