Montrose Dunes & Beach Saturday 4-13-24

[Al Stokie]

Hello Bird People,

There was a Burrowing Owl at Montrose a couple of days ago but only a
few folks saw it as it wasn't reported on Ebird as a Burrowing Owl
until too late for most to see it. But today it was re-found early in
the day & when I was there about 50 birders were looking at it through
bino's & scopes. So it's not a secret & had been reported on Ebird by
probably 50 people. Still, I checked with the IBET folks to make sure
it was ok for me to talk about it & they said it was ok.

It was in the Dune area on the sand between some shrubs & partly
hidden by grass. The area is roped off & people made no attempts to go
closer. Hopefully that continues. With all those birders there it was
easy to make sure no one went closer but I suppose with no one to act
as policemen there could be problems but I hope that is not necessary.
If you go, behave yourself!

I did not cover the Hedge Area very well & so don't know what was
there but it did not seem as birdy as earlier in the week.

Guess you know what Bird-Of-The-Day was today.

Al Stokie
At Montrose today

[LORRA RUDMAN]

Al, the birding community has stepped up for years now to guard what needs to be guarded. EG Monty, and Rose at all. Perhaps that can happen again this time.
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