Date: 5/6/25 8:12 pm From: Cliff Weisse via groups.io <cliffandlisa...> Subject: [IBLE] Island Park Reservoir
We hiked out to the west end of Island Park Res. today for some
shorebirding. There wasn't much out there but we did have a group of
five Sanderlings, I think the most I've seen up here at one time. There
was also a group of Long-billed Dowitchers but we couldn't make any of
them into Short-billeds, try as we might. A Wilson's Snipe, a pair of
Long-billed Curlews and a few Willets were the only other shorebirds we
saw. Three days ago we had a good sized flock of American Avocets, five
Black-necked Stilts (not terribly common up here), and a few Killdeer.
On our way home we had three Lesser Yellowlegs and fifteen or so
Wilson's Phalaropes on a snow melt pond out in the sagebrush. The next
couple weeks will be prime time for shorebirds here so I'll try to get
out there a few more times.
Cliff
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Cliff and Lisa Weisse
Island Park, Idaho
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