Nineteen people showed up for our August 21 Wastewater Field Trip. We caravanned through the Rapid Infiltration cells, birded the north end of the center dike, and finished at the Clay Pond on the south side.
Shorebirds were nicely spread around the lagoons despite none of the rapid filtration cells being drawn down. We found 13 of these: Semipalmated Plover, Killdeer, Stilt Sandpiper, Sanderling, Baird's Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Red-necked Phalarope ...
... Spotted Sandpiper, Solitary Sandpiper, and Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs. Two birders not with our group reported a Ruddy Turnstone.
Others among the 54 species identified by our group included Blue-winged Teal, Northern Shoveler, Green-winged Teal, Hooded Merganser, Ruddy Duck, Sandhill Crane, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret ...
