Chandler Rd. Phalaropes

[James Kimball]

I saw three Wilson's Phalaropes, all females, this morning on the mud flat edge by the flooded spot off Chandler Road.  This makes me wonder if males might be on nests in the ample plant growth that has developed around the pond area.

Other birds of interest this morning included three Semipalmated Plovers, a lesser yellowlegs, a couple Semipalmated Sandpipers, one each male Shoveler and Blue-winged Teal, and families of Wood Ducks and Mallards. Wood Ducks have often nested in the one old tree at the edge of the pond.

Jim Kimball

kim...@geneseo.edu

[James Kimball]